Dynamical phase transition in the transverse field Ising chain characterized by the transverse magnetization spectral function

We study the response of a quantum Ising chain to transverse field oscillations in the asymptotic state attained after a quantum quench. We show that for quenches across a quantum phase transition, the dissipative part of the response at low frequencies is negative, corresponding to energy emission up to a critical frequency ω∗. The latter is found to be connected to the time period t∗ of the singularities in the Loschmidt echo (t∗=2π/ω∗) signaling the presence of a dynamical quantum phase transition. This result suggests that a linear-response experiment can be used to detect this kind of phenomenon. © 2019 American Physical Society.