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Chaos and random matrices in supersymmetric SYK

High Energy Physics - Theory 2018-06-05 v2 Statistical Mechanics Quantum Physics

Abstract

We use random matrix theory to explore late-time chaos in supersymmetric quantum mechanical systems. Motivated by the recent study of supersymmetric SYK models and their random matrix classification, we consider the Wishart-Laguerre unitary ensemble and compute the spectral form factors and frame potentials to quantify chaos and randomness. Compared to the Gaussian ensembles, we observe the absence of a dip regime in the form factor and a slower approach to Haar-random dynamics. We find agreement between our random matrix analysis and predictions from the supersymmetric SYK model, and discuss the implications for supersymmetric chaotic systems.

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@article{arxiv.1710.08184,
  title  = {Chaos and random matrices in supersymmetric SYK},
  author = {Nicholas Hunter-Jones and Junyu Liu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1710.08184},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

27 pages, 7 figures; v2: typos fixed, references added. Published version