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When dynamical transitions coincide with equilibrium criticality or order

In plain words

The kinks in the return probability were first linked to crossing an ordinary phase transition, but counterexamples exist in both directions. A general rule for when they match is missing.

Precise statement

For a quench $H_i \to H_f$, the Loschmidt rate $l(t) = -\lim_{N \to \infty} (1/N) \ln \mid\langle\psi_0\mid \exp(-i H_f t/\hbar) \mid\psi_0\rangle\mid^2$ can be nonanalytic at critical times $t_c$. Determine conditions on $(H_i, H_f)$ under which (a) such $t_c$ exist if and only if the quench crosses an equilibrium critical point and (b) $t_c$ coincide with zeros or sign changes of the order parameter. Answer: a classification valid beyond free-fermion models.

What would settle it

A general criterion proved or verified across interacting nonintegrable models in $d = 1 \text{ and } 2$.

Status in the literature

Counterexamples in both directions are known since 2014; no general criterion exists.

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