Long-range resonances in quasiperiodic many-body localization
Abstract
We investigate long-range resonances in quasiperiodic many-body localized (MBL) systems. Focusing on the Heisenberg chain in a deterministic Aubry-Andr\'{e} potential, we complement standard diagnostics by analyzing the structure of long-distance pairwise correlations at high energy. Contrary to the expectation that the ergodic-MBL transition in quasiperiodic systems should be sharper due to the absence of Griffiths regions, we uncover a broad unconventional regime at strong quasiperiodic potential, characterized by fat-tailed distributions of longitudinal correlations at long distance. This reveals the presence of atypical eigenstates with strong long-range correlations in a regime where standard diagnostics indicate stable MBL. We further identify these anomalous eigenstates as quasi-degenerate pairs of resonant cat states, which exhibit entanglement at long distance. These findings advance the understanding of quasiperiodic MBL and identify density-correlation measurements in ultracold atomic systems as a probe of long-range resonances.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2510.24704,
title = {Long-range resonances in quasiperiodic many-body localization},
author = {Ashirbad Padhan and Jeanne Colbois and Fabien Alet and Nicolas Laflorencie},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.24704},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
Accepted version; 13 pages, 9 figures (including End Matter and Supplemental Material)