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A universal bound on Quantum Chaos from Random Matrix Theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2019-05-27 v1 Statistical Mechanics General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Quantum Physics

Abstract

In this article, using the principles of Random Matrix Theory (RMT), we give a measure of quantum chaos by quantifying Spectral From Factor (SFF) appearing from the computation of two-point Out of Time Order Correlation function (OTOC) expressed in terms of square of the commutator bracket of quantum operators which are separated in time. We also provide a strict model independent bound on the measure of quantum chaos, 1/N(11/π)SFF0-1/N(1-1/\pi)\leq {\bf SFF}\leq 0 and 0SFF1/πN0\leq {\bf SFF}\leq 1/\pi N, valid for thermal systems with a large and small number of degrees of freedom respectively. Based on the appropriate physical arguments we give a precise mathematical derivation to establish this alternative strict bound of quantum chaos.

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@article{arxiv.1811.01079,
  title  = {A universal bound on Quantum Chaos from Random Matrix Theory},
  author = {Sayantan Choudhury and Arkaprava Mukherjee},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1811.01079},
  year   = {2019}
}

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4 pages, 2 figures

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