Long-range interactions assisted shortcuts to adiabaticity and battery charging in open quantum critical systems

In this work we show that long-range interactions can be significantly beneficial for implementing shortcuts to adiabaticity (STA) in many-body open quantum critical systems driven out of equilibrium, as well as for charging quantum batteries in the presence of dissipation. In sharp contrast to short range interactions where passage through criticality may demand STA control with non-zero interactions between infinitely distant spins, using the example of a Kitaev chain with long-range couplings, we find that the corresponding control may involve involve interaction strength with decays algebraically with distance. In case of non-unitary control, the advantage of long-range interactions manifest through reduction in the cost of STA. We further propose a modified STA technique aimed at charging a quantum battery in the presence of dissipation, in which case long-range interactions may enhance the resultant ergotropy. Our results establish long-range interactions as a valuable resource for quantum control, with direct implications for quantum technologies.