Level statistics detect generalized symmetries
Abstract
Level statistics are a useful probe for detecting symmetries and distinguishing integrable and non-integrable systems. I show by way of several examples that level statistics detect the presence of generalized symmetries that go beyond conventional lattice symmetries and internal symmetries. I consider non-invertible symmetries through the example of Kramers-Wannier duality at an Ising critical point, symmetries with nonlocal generators through the example of a spin- anisotropic Heisenberg chain, and -deformed symmetries through an example closely related to recent work on -deformed SPT phases. In each case, conventional level statistics detect the generalized symmetries, and these symmetries must be resolved before seeing characteristic level repulsion in non-integrable systems. For the -deformed symmetry, I discovered via level statistics a -deformed generalization of inversion that is interesting in its own right and that may protect -deformed SPT phases.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2406.03983,
title = {Level statistics detect generalized symmetries},
author = {Nicholas O'Dea},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.03983},
year = {2024}
}
Comments
5 pages main, 3 pages supplemental