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k-Fold Gaussian Random Matrix Ensembles I: Forcing Structure into Random Matrices

Mathematical Physics 2024-05-06 v1 math.MP Representation Theory

Abstract

Random Matrix Theory is a powerful tool in applied mathematics. Three canonical models of random matrix distributions are the Gaussian Orthogonal, Unitary and Symplectic Ensembles. For matrix ensembles defined on k-fold tensor products of identical vector spaces we motivate natural generalizations of the Gaussian Ensemble family. We show how the k-fold invariant constraints are satisfied in both disordered spin models and systems with gauge symmetries, specifically quantum double models. We use Schur-Weyl duality to completely characterize the form of allowed Gaussian distributions satisfying k-fold invariant constraints. The eigenvalue distribution of our proposed ensembles is computed exactly using the Harish-Chandra integral method. For the 2-fold tensor product case, we show that the derived distribution couples eigenvalue spectrum to entanglement spectrum. Guided by representation theory, our work is a natural extension of the standard Gaussian random matrix ensembles.

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@article{arxiv.2405.01727,
  title  = {k-Fold Gaussian Random Matrix Ensembles I: Forcing Structure into Random Matrices},
  author = {Michael Brodskiy and Owen L. Howell},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.01727},
  year   = {2024}
}
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