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Quantum chaos associated with emergent ergosurface in transition layer between type-I and type-II Weyl semimetals

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2020-01-22 v4 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We present emergent ergosurfaces (ES) in a transition layer between type-I and type-II Weyl semimetals (WSMs). The Hawking temperature defined by the surface gravity at the acoustic event horizon which coincides with the ES when the tangent velocity vv_{\parallel} is small is in a measurable interval. On the type-II WSM side, i.e., inside the {ES when vv_{\parallel} is large}, the motion of the quasiparticles may be chaotic {after} a critical surface as they are governed by an effective inverted oscillator potential induced by the mismatch between the type-I and type-II Weyl nodes. In a relevant lattice model, we calculate out of time ordered correlators (OTOCs). We find that the OTOCs are fast scrambling with a quantum Lyapunov exponent in high temperature and the scrambling is saturated after the Ehrenfest time. This confirms the quantum chaotic behavior.

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@article{arxiv.1903.10886,
  title  = {Quantum chaos associated with emergent ergosurface in transition layer between type-I and type-II Weyl semimetals},
  author = {Yu-Ge Chen and Xi Luo and Fei-Ye Li and Bin Chen and Yue Yu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1903.10886},
  year   = {2020}
}

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