Quantum phase transitions in transverse field spin models : from statistical physics to quantum information / Amit Dutta...[et al.].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Quantum phase transitions;
2. Information theoretic measures close to a quantum critical point;
3. Non-equilibrium dynamics across quantum critical points;
4. Transverse Ising models in higher dimensions;
5. Transverse field models in one dimension;
6. Quantum phase transitions in related models;
7. Role of quenched disorder;
8. Related models with frustration;
9. Quantum information theoretic measures: transverse field and related models;
10. Non-equilibrium dynamics across quantum critical points: slow quenching;
11. Further studies on non-equilibrium dynamics;
12. Quenching and quantum information;
13. Some very recent developments in information and dynamics;
14. Experimental realisations of transverse field Ising systems; 15. Adiabatic quantum computations and transverse field models;
16. Concluding comments;
Appendices.

"Discusses the fundamental connections between the physics of quantum phase transitions and the technological promise of quantum information, non-equilibrium quantum dynamics and adiabatic quantum computations"--