Kibble-Zurek Meets Tricriticality: Breakdown of Adiabatic-Impulse and New Scaling Forms

TL;DR

This paper investigates the Kibble-Zurek effect near a tricritical point, revealing the breakdown of the adiabatic-impulse approximation and introducing new scaling forms to better understand the dynamics.

Contribution

It presents a novel analysis of the Kibble-Zurek effect at tricriticality and proposes new scaling forms for the dynamics.

Findings

Breakdown of adiabatic-impulse scenario near tricritical points

Introduction of new scaling forms for critical dynamics

Enhanced understanding of phase transition dynamics

Abstract

The Kibble-Zurek effect is studied around a tricritical point, where the adiabatic-impulse scenario breaks down. Several new scaling forms are also proposed.