“…To discuss the difference between the linear ( ) and nonlinear ( ) cases for quantum metrology, let us start with zero bias . The model has a phase transition in the low-frequency limit at the critical point [ 65 , 68 ] with [ 17 , 19 ], and is the critical value of beyond which the Hamiltonian ( 1 ) is no longer self-adjoined and becomes unphysical [ 59 , 69 , 70 , 71 , 72 , 73 ]. The transition in this limit is second-order-like at [ 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 26 , 27 , 28 ] and first-order-like at finite [ 65 , 68 ].…”