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Floquet Recurrences in the Double Kicked Top

Quantum Physics 2025-11-18 v1 Other Condensed Matter Chaotic Dynamics Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems

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 krk_r and kθk_\theta, we analytically show exact periodicity of the Floquet operator for kr=jπ/2k_r = j\pi/2 and kr=jπ/4k_r = j\pi/4 with distinct periods for integer and half-odd integer jj. These exact recurrences were found to be independent of kθk_\theta. The long-time-averaged entanglement and fidelity rate function show dynamical quantum phase transition (DQPT) for kr=jπ/2k_r = j\pi/2 at time-reversal symmetric cases kθ=±krk_\theta = \pm k_r. In the other time-reversal symmetric case kθ=0k_\theta = 0, the DQPT exists only for a half-odd integer jj. Using level statistics, a smooth transition is observed from integrable to non-integrable nature as krk_r is changed away from jπ/2j\pi/2. Our work demonstrates that regular and chaotic regimes can be controlled for any system size by tuning krk_r and kθk_\theta, making the DKT a useful platform for quantum control and information processing applications.

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@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}
}

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9 pages (two-column) + 6 pages (one-column) + 16 figures. Comments are welcome