Relaxation of isolated quantum systems beyond chaos
Quantum Physics
2015-01-26 v2 Statistical Mechanics
Chaotic Dynamics
Abstract
In classical statistical mechanics there is a clear correlation between relaxation to equilibrium and chaos. In contrast, for isolated quantum systems this relation is -- to say the least -- fuzzy. In this work we try to unveil the intricate relation between the relaxation process and the transition from integrability to chaos. We study the approach to equilibrium in two different many body quantum systems that can be parametrically tuned from regular to chaotic. We show that a universal relation between relaxation and delocalization of the initial state in the perturbed basis can be established regardless of the chaotic nature of system.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1408.2838,
title = {Relaxation of isolated quantum systems beyond chaos},
author = {Ignacio García-Mata and Augusto J. Roncaglia and Diego A. Wisniacki},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1408.2838},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
4+ pages, 4 figs. Closest to published version