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On Lieb-Robinson Bounds for the Double Bracket Flow

Quantum Physics 2022-01-19 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We consider the possibility of developing a Lieb-Robinson bound for the double bracket flow. This is a differential equation BH(B)=[[V,H(B)],H(B)]\partial_B H(B)=[[V,H(B)],H(B)] which may be used to diagonalize Hamiltonians. Here, VV is fixed and H(0)=HH(0)=H. We argue (but do not prove) that H(B)H(B) need not converge to a limit for nonzero real BB in the infinite volume limit, even assuming several conditions on H(0)H(0). However, we prove Lieb-Robinson bounds for all BB for the double-bracket flow for free fermion systems, but the range increases \emph{exponentially} with the control parameter BB.

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@article{arxiv.2201.07141,
  title  = {On Lieb-Robinson Bounds for the Double Bracket Flow},
  author = {Matthew B. Hastings},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2201.07141},
  year   = {2022}
}

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10 pages, no figures

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