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Experimental Implications of the Entanglement Transition in Clustered Quantum Materials

Irons, Hannah (2016) Experimental Implications of the Entanglement Transition in Clustered Quantum Materials. Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) thesis, University of Kent,. (KAR id:56641)

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Abstract

Clustered quantum materials provide a new platform for the experimental study of many- body entanglement. Here we address a simple model featuring N interacting spins in a transverse field. The field can induce an entanglement transition (ET). We calculate the magnetisation, low-energy gap and neutron-scattering cross-section and find that the ET has distinct signatures, detectable at temperatures as high as 10% of the interaction strength. Unlike a quantum critical point, the signatures of the ET are stronger for smaller clusters.

Item Type: Thesis (Doctor of Philosophy (PhD))
Thesis advisor: Quintanilla, Jorge
Uncontrolled keywords: Physics of Quantum Materials, Entanglement, Transition, Quantum Information, Molecular Magnets, Clustered materials, neutron scattering, concurrence
Subjects: Q Science > QC Physics > QC174.12 Quantum theory
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Physics and Astronomy
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Date Deposited: 27 Jul 2016 09:40 UTC
Last Modified: 09 Dec 2022 05:23 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/56641 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Irons, Hannah.

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