Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Monitored quantum system have sparked great interest in recent years due to the possibility of observing measurement-induced phase transitions (MIPTs) in the full-counting statistics of quantum trajectories. Here, we investigate the dynamics of the Lipkin-Meshkov-Glick model, composed of $N$ all-to-all interacting spins $1/2$, under a weak external monitoring. In the thermodynamic limit, we derive a set of semiclassical stochastic equations describing the evolution of the expectation values of global spin observables. Our results show that the limit $N\ensuremath{\rightarrow}\ensuremath{\infty}$ does not commute with the long-time limit: while for any finite $N$ the average over trajectories is expected to converge towards a trivial steady state, in the thermodynamic limit a MIPT appears. The transition is not affected by postselection issues, as it is already visible at the level of ensemble averages. We derive a quantitative theoretical picture explaining the nature of the transition within our semiclassical approach.
Language: English
Topic: Quantum many-body systems
Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
Award: G8594979400
OpenAlex ID: W4409801570