{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7216435677","doi":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2610.01248","title":"Work fluctuation speed limit in boundary conformal field theories","display_name":"Work fluctuation speed limit in boundary conformal field theories","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-10-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7216435677","doi":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2610.01248"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:arXiv.org:2610.01248","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.01248","pdf_url":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2610.01248","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400194","display_name":"arXiv (Cornell University)","issn_l":"2331-8422","issn":["2331-8422"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I205783295","host_organization_name":"Cornell University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I205783295"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"text"},"volume":null,"type":"preprint","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["arxiv","datacite"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"green","oa_url":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2610.01248","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5154651181","display_name":"Shihao Xia","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I28407311","display_name":"University of Manchester","ror":"https://ror.org/027m9bs27","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I28407311"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Xia, Shihao","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Physics and Astronomy , The University of Manchester , Manchester M13 9PL , United Kingdom"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Physics and Astronomy , The University of Manchester , Manchester M13 9PL , United Kingdom","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I28407311"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5011823283","display_name":"Ahsan Nazir","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4099-1868","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4099-1868"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I28407311","display_name":"University of Manchester","ror":"https://ror.org/027m9bs27","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I28407311"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Nazir, Ahsan","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Physics and Astronomy , The University of Manchester , Manchester M13 9PL , United Kingdom"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Physics and Astronomy , The University of Manchester , Manchester M13 9PL , United Kingdom","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I28407311"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5072304951","display_name":"Harry J. D. Miller","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6275-0446","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6275-0446"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I28407311","display_name":"University of Manchester","ror":"https://ror.org/027m9bs27","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I28407311"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Miller, Harry J. D.","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Physics and Astronomy , The University of Manchester , Manchester M13 9PL , United Kingdom"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Physics and Astronomy , The University of Manchester , Manchester M13 9PL , United Kingdom","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I28407311"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I28407311"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":null,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":null,"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11520","display_name":"Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics","score":0.9282000064849854,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3109","display_name":"Statistical and Nonlinear Physics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/31","display_name":"Physics and Astronomy"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11520","display_name":"Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics","score":0.9282000064849854,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3109","display_name":"Statistical and Nonlinear Physics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/31","display_name":"Physics and Astronomy"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11804","display_name":"Quantum many-body systems","score":0.06350000202655792,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3107","display_name":"Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/31","display_name":"Physics and Astronomy"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10382","display_name":"Quantum and electron transport phenomena","score":0.0015999999595806003,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3104","display_name":"Condensed Matter Physics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/31","display_name":"Physics and Astronomy"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/boundary-conformal-field-theory","display_name":"boundary conformal field theory","score":0.9240000247955322},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/quantum-critical-systems","display_name":"quantum critical systems","score":0.6539999842643738},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/adiabatic-driving","display_name":"adiabatic driving","score":0.6819999814033508},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/quantum-control","display_name":"quantum control","score":0.6039999723434448},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/scaling-dimensions","display_name":"scaling dimensions","score":0.5899999737739563},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/quantum-impurity","display_name":"quantum impurity","score":0.6880000233650208},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/superconducting-circuits","display_name":"superconducting circuits","score":0.9789999723434448}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C99844830","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q102441924","display_name":"Scaling","level":2,"score":0.6829000115394592},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C62354387","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q875399","display_name":"Boundary (topology)","level":2,"score":0.6114000082015991},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121332964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q413","display_name":"Physics","level":0,"score":0.6018999814987183},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C84114770","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q46344","display_name":"Quantum","level":2,"score":0.5548999905586243},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C18762648","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42213","display_name":"Work (physics)","level":2,"score":0.5450999736785889},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C54613284","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1191271","display_name":"Conformal field theory","level":3,"score":0.5415999889373779},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C109663097","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q182453","display_name":"Adiabatic process","level":2,"score":0.534500002861023},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C151201525","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q177239","display_name":"Limit (mathematics)","level":2,"score":0.5336999893188477},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C24084028","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7429781","display_name":"Scaling limit","level":3,"score":0.5113999843597412},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C98214594","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q850275","display_name":"Conformal map","level":2,"score":0.510200023651123},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121864883","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q677916","display_name":"Statistical physics","level":1,"score":0.4982999861240387},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C182310444","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1332643","display_name":"Boundary value problem","level":2,"score":0.48069998621940613},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C28358794","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4949964","display_name":"Boundary conformal field theory","level":5,"score":0.4564000070095062},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C9652623","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q190109","display_name":"Field (mathematics)","level":2,"score":0.43549999594688416},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121040770","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q215675","display_name":"Quantum entanglement","level":3,"score":0.4099000096321106},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.38749998807907104},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C141886431","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1193821","display_name":"Quantum fluctuation","level":3,"score":0.34529998898506165},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C74650414","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11397","display_name":"Classical mechanics","level":1,"score":0.3431999981403351},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C62520636","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q944","display_name":"Quantum mechanics","level":1,"score":0.31839999556541443},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C115047598","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54505","display_name":"Quantum field theory","level":2,"score":0.30570000410079956},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C170122806","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1914828","display_name":"Linear scale","level":2,"score":0.3037000000476837},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778926657","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q944","display_name":"Quantum system","level":3,"score":0.30239999294281006},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C134306372","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7754","display_name":"Mathematical analysis","level":1,"score":0.299699991941452},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C112675119","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2992284","display_name":"Periodic boundary conditions","level":3,"score":0.26510000228881836},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C108568745","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q234181","display_name":"Quantum gravity","level":3,"score":0.25099998712539673}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"pmh:oai:arXiv.org:2610.01248","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.01248","pdf_url":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2610.01248","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400194","display_name":"arXiv (Cornell University)","issn_l":"2331-8422","issn":["2331-8422"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I205783295","host_organization_name":"Cornell University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I205783295"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"text"},{"id":"doi:10.48550/arxiv.2610.01248","doi":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2610.01248","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2610.01248","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400194","display_name":"arXiv (Cornell University)","issn_l":"2331-8422","issn":["2331-8422"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I205783295","host_organization_name":"Cornell University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I205783295"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Preprint"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:arXiv.org:2610.01248","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.01248","pdf_url":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2610.01248","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400194","display_name":"arXiv (Cornell University)","issn_l":"2331-8422","issn":["2331-8422"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I205783295","host_organization_name":"Cornell University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I205783295"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"text"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320320291","display_name":"University of Manchester","ror":"https://ror.org/027m9bs27"}],"has_content":{"pdf":true,"grobid_xml":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W7216435677.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W7216435677.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":4,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W2080774305","https://openalex.org/W2170906367","https://openalex.org/W4410108605","https://openalex.org/W7158239749"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2582604168","https://openalex.org/W3114393261","https://openalex.org/W7214912937","https://openalex.org/W7163030115","https://openalex.org/W4414504222","https://openalex.org/W3011738107","https://openalex.org/W7166704723","https://openalex.org/W4414594390","https://openalex.org/W2524536632","https://openalex.org/W2946184590"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"We":[0,18],"explore":[1],"the":[2,64,69,73,94],"fundamental":[3],"limits":[4],"on":[5],"finite-time":[6],"driving":[7,27,87],"in":[8,42,61],"quantum":[9,122,125],"critical":[10],"systems":[11],"described":[12],"by":[13],"boundary":[14,45],"conformal":[15,46],"field":[16,47],"theory.":[17],"show":[19],"that":[20],"stochastic":[21],"work":[22,114],"fluctuations":[23],"arising":[24],"from":[25,101],"external":[26],"are":[28,78],"a":[29,105,112],"resource":[30],"for":[31,117],"speedy":[32],"control,":[33,119],"and":[34,54,68,81,104,127],"derive":[35],"an":[36,82],"exact,":[37],"saturable":[38],"fluctuation-based":[39],"speed":[40],"limit":[41],"weakly":[43],"driven":[44],"theories":[48],"at":[49],"finite":[50],"temperature.":[51],"The":[52],"bound":[53],"saturating":[55],"protocol":[56],"can":[57],"be":[58],"expressed":[59],"entirely":[60],"terms":[62],"of":[63],"universal":[65,113],"scaling":[66,92],"dimension,":[67,93],"result":[70],"interpolates":[71],"between":[72],"Kibble--Zurek":[74],"regime,where":[75],"temporal":[76,96],"correlations":[77,97],"strongly":[79],"nonlocal,":[80],"adiabatic":[83],"regime":[84],"where":[85],"linear":[86,102],"becomes":[88],"optimal.":[89],"For":[90],"small":[91],"enhanced":[95],"produce":[98],"pronounced":[99],"departures":[100],"protocols":[103],"larger":[106],"optimization":[107],"advantage.":[108],"These":[109],"results":[110],"establish":[111],"precision--time":[115],"tradeoff":[116],"boundary-critical":[118],"applicable":[120],"to":[121],"impurity,":[123],"fractional":[124],"Hall,":[126],"superconducting-circuit":[128],"platforms.":[129]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-11-07T11:25:07.637180","created_date":"2026-10-03T00:00:00"}