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Weak-ergodicity-breaking via lattice supersymmetry

Statistical Mechanics 2020-10-13 v3 Strongly Correlated Electrons High Energy Physics - Theory Quantum Physics

Abstract

We study the spectral properties of DD-dimensional N=2N=2 supersymmetric lattice models. We find systematic departures from the eigenstate thermalization hypothesis (ETH) in the form of a degenerate set of ETH-violating supersymmetric (SUSY) doublets, also referred to as many-body scars, that we construct analytically. These states are stable against arbitrary SUSY-preserving perturbations, including inhomogeneous couplings. For the specific case of two-leg ladders, we provide extensive numerical evidence that shows how those states are the only ones violating the ETH, and discuss their robustness to SUSY-violating perturbations. Our work suggests a generic mechanism to stabilize quantum many-body scars in lattice models in arbitrary dimensions.

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@article{arxiv.2003.11073,
  title  = {Weak-ergodicity-breaking via lattice supersymmetry},
  author = {Federica Maria Surace and Giuliano Giudici and Marcello Dalmonte},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.11073},
  year   = {2020}
}

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9 pages, 4 figures

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