Floquet Recurrences in the Double Kicked Top
Abstract
We study exact quantum recurrences in the double kicked top (DKT), a driven spin model that extends the quantum kicked top (QKT) by introducing an additional time-reversal symmetry-breaking kick. Reformulating its dynamics in terms of effective parameters and , we analytically show exact periodicity of the Floquet operator for and with distinct periods for integer and half-odd integer . These exact recurrences were found to be independent of . The long-time-averaged entanglement and fidelity rate function show dynamical quantum phase transition (DQPT) for at time-reversal symmetric cases . In the other time-reversal symmetric case , the DQPT exists only for a half-odd integer . Using level statistics, a smooth transition is observed from integrable to non-integrable nature as is changed away from . Our work demonstrates that regular and chaotic regimes can be controlled for any system size by tuning and , making the DKT a useful platform for quantum control and information processing applications.
Keywords
Cite
@article{arxiv.2511.13342,
title = {Floquet Recurrences in the Double Kicked Top},
author = {Avadhut V. Purohit and Udaysinh T. Bhosale},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.13342},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
9 pages (two-column) + 6 pages (one-column) + 16 figures. Comments are welcome