Abstract
A sudden change of the Hamiltonian parameter drives a quantum system out of equilibrium. For a finite-size system, expectations of observables start fluctuating in time without converging to a precise limit. A new equilibrium state emerges only in probabilistic sense, when the probability distribution for the observables expectations over long times concentrate around their mean value. In this paper we study the full statistic of generic observables after a small quench. When the quench is performed around a regular (i.e. non-critical) point of the phase diagram, generic observables are expected to be characterized by Gaussian distribution functions (``good equilibration''). Instead, when quenching around a critical point a new universal double-peaked distribution function emerges for relevant perturbations. Our analytic predictions are numerically checked for a non-integrable extension of the quantum Ising model.
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