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Ruelle-Pollicott resonances of diffusive U(1)-invariant qubit circuits

Statistical Mechanics 2026-02-27 v2 Chaotic Dynamics Quantum Physics

Abstract

We study Ruelle-Pollicott resonances of translationally invariant magnetization-conserving qubit circuits via the spectrum of the quasi-momentum-resolved truncated propagator of extensive observables. Diffusive transport of the conserved magnetization is reflected in the Gaussian quasi-momentum kk dependence of the leading eigenvalue (Ruelle-Pollicott resonance) of the truncated propagator for small kk. This, in particular, allows us to extract the diffusion constant. For large kk, the leading Ruelle-Pollicott resonance is not related to transport and governs the exponential decay of correlation functions. Additionally, we conjecture the existence of a continuum of eigenvalues below the leading diffusive resonance, which governs non-exponential decay, for instance, power-law hydrodynamic tails. We expect our conclusions to hold for generic systems with exactly one U(1) conserved quantity.

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@article{arxiv.2506.24097,
  title  = {Ruelle-Pollicott resonances of diffusive U(1)-invariant qubit circuits},
  author = {Urban Duh and Marko Žnidarič},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.24097},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

21 + 12 pages, improved numerics and presentation