# Quenching across quantum critical points: Role of topological patterns

@article{Sen2010QuenchingAQ,
title={Quenching across quantum critical points: Role of topological patterns},
author={Diptiman Sen and Smitha Vishveshwara},
journal={EPL},
year={2010},
volume={91},
pages={66009}
}
• Published 27 February 2010
• Physics
• EPL
We introduce a one-dimensional version of the Kitaev model consisting of spins on a two-legged ladder and characterized by Z2 invariants on the plaquettes of the ladder. We map the model to a fermionic system and identify the topological sectors associated with different Z2 patterns in terms of fermion occupation numbers. Within these different sectors, we investigate the effect of a linear quench across a quantum critical point. We study the dominant behavior of the system by employing a… Expand
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