Ground state and persistent oscillations in the quantum East model
Quantum Physics
2026-03-02 v1
Abstract
For the 1D quantum East model with open boundaries, we show that in the limit , the ground state is accurately captured by a simple spin-coherent product state. We further identify a low-entanglement excited eigenstate that differs from the ground state only by a -rotation of the boundary spin, remaining well approximated by a spin-coherent state. For a range of , the edge-coherent product state overlaps with two eigenstates separated by a size-independent energy gap, leading to persistent coherent oscillations of both global and local observables in the thermodynamic limit. These oscillations originate from boundary physics and are distinct from quantum many-body scars or hypercube-like Fock-space mechanisms.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2602.23422,
title = {Ground state and persistent oscillations in the quantum East model},
author = {Adway Kumar Das and Achilleas Lazarides},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.23422},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
11 pages, 8 figures