This Colloquium gives an overview of recent theoretical and experimental progress in the
area of nonequilibrium dynamics of isolated quantum systems. There is particularly a focus …

In the course of a nonequilibrium continuous phase transition, the dynamics ceases to be
adiabatic in the vicinity of the critical point as a result of the critical slowing down (the …

We review recent theoretical work on two closely related issues: excitation of an isolated
quantum condensed matter system driven adiabatically across a continuous quantum phase …

We present two approaches to the dynamics of a quench-induced phase transition in the
quantum Ising model. One follows the standard treatment of thermodynamic second order …

The many-body physics at quantum phase transitions shows a subtle interplay between
quantum and thermal fluctuations, emerging in the low-temperature limit. In this review, we …

Phase transitions are ubiquitous in nature, and can be arranged into universality classes
such that systems having unrelated microscopic physics show identical scaling behaviour …

The dynamics of a quantum phase transition are explored using slow quenches from the
polar to the broken-axisymmetry phases in a small spin-1 ferromagnetic Bose-Einstein …

Near a critical point, the equilibrium relaxation time of a system diverges and any change of
control/thermodynamic parameters leads to nonequilibrium behavior. The Kibble-Zurek …

We show that the improper ferroelectric phase transition in the multiferroic hexagonal
manganites displays appropriate symmetry-breaking characteristics for testing the Kibble …

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