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Work fluctuation speed limit in boundary conformal field theories

  • Shihao Xia
  • Ahsan Nazir
  • Harry J. D. Miller
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Abstract

We explore the fundamental limits on finite-time driving in quantum critical systems described by boundary conformal field theory. We show that stochastic work fluctuations arising from external driving are a resource for speedy control, and derive an exact, saturable fluctuation-based speed limit in weakly driven boundary conformal field theories at finite temperature. The bound and saturating protocol can be expressed entirely in terms of the universal scaling dimension, and the result interpolates between the Kibble--Zurek regime,where temporal correlations are strongly nonlocal, and an adiabatic regime where linear driving becomes optimal. For small scaling dimension, the enhanced temporal correlations produce pronounced departures from linear protocols and a larger optimization advantage. These results establish a universal work precision--time tradeoff for boundary-critical control, applicable to quantum impurity, fractional quantum Hall, and superconducting-circuit platforms.

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@misc{xia2026work,
  title = {{Work fluctuation speed limit in boundary conformal field theories}},
  author = {Shihao Xia and Ahsan Nazir and Harry J. D. Miller},
  howpublished = {arXiv},
  year = {2026},
  month = oct,
  doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2610.01248},
  eprint = {2610.01248},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.01248},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
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TY  - UNPB
TI  - Work fluctuation speed limit in boundary conformal field theories
AU  - Shihao Xia
AU  - Ahsan Nazir
AU  - Harry J. D. Miller
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/10/01
PB  - arXiv
DO  - 10.48550/arxiv.2610.01248
UR  - https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.01248
AB  - We explore the fundamental limits on finite-time driving in quantum critical systems described by boundary conformal field theory. We show that stochastic work fluctuations arising from external driving are a resource for speedy control, and derive an exact, saturable fluctuation-based speed limit in weakly driven boundary conformal field theories at finite temperature. The bound and saturating protocol can be expressed entirely in terms of the universal scaling dimension, and the result interpolates between the Kibble--Zurek regime,where temporal correlations are strongly nonlocal, and an adiabatic regime where linear driving becomes optimal. For small scaling dimension, the enhanced temporal correlations produce pronounced departures from linear protocols and a larger optimization advantage. These results establish a universal work precision--time tradeoff for boundary-critical control, applicable to quantum impurity, fractional quantum Hall, and superconducting-circuit platforms.
ER  -