Transient Trapping into Metastable States in Systems with Competing Orders

The quench dynamics of a system involving two competing orders is investigated using a Ginzburg-Landau theory with relaxational dynamics. We consider the scenario where a pump rapidly heats the system to a high temperature, after which the system cools down to its equilibrium temperature. We study t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Zhiyuan Sun, Andrew J. Millis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2020-05-01
Series:Physical Review X
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.10.021028