Equilibrium states of generic quantum systems subject to periodic driving

• Published in: Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics Vol. 90; no. 1; p. 012110
• Main Authors: Lazarides, Achilleas, Das, Arnab, Moessner, Roderich
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 11.07.2014
• Subjects: Quantum Theory; Temperature

When a closed quantum system is driven periodically with period T, it approaches a periodic state synchronized with the drive in which any local observable measured stroboscopically approaches a steady value. For integrable systems, the resulting behavior is captured by a periodic version of a gener...