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Random matrix ensembles are introduced that respect the local tensor structure of Hamiltonians describing a chain of $n$ distinguishable spin-half particles with nearest-neighbour interactions. We prove a central limit theorem for the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2017-06-19 J. P. Keating , N. Linden , H. J. Wells

Conventional spectral probes of quantum chaos require eigenvalues, and sometimes, eigenvectors of the quantum Hamiltonian. This involves computationally expensive diagonalization procedures. We test whether an unsupervised neural network…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-18 Dmitry Nemirovsky , Ruth Shir , Dario Rosa , Victor Kagalovsky

A characteristic feature of "quantum chaotic" systems is that their eigenspectra and eigenstates display universal statistical properties described by random matrix theory (RMT). However, eigenstates of local systems also encode structure…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-09-25 Joaquin F. Rodriguez-Nieva , Cheryne Jonay , Vedika Khemani

It is commonly expected that for quantum chaotic many body systems, the statistical properties approach those of random matrices when increasing the system size. We demonstrate for various kicked spin-1/2 chain models that the average…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-01-30 Tabea Herrmann , Roland Brandau , Arnd Bäcker

The random matrix ensembles are applied to the quantum statistical systems. The quantum systems are studied using the finite dimensional real, complex and quaternion Hilbert spaces of the eigenfunctions. The linear operators describing the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Maciej M. Duras

Understanding the emergence of chaos in many-body quantum systems away from semi-classical limits, particularly in spatially local interacting spin Hamiltonians, has been a long-standing problem. In these intrinsically quantum regimes,…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-01-24 Christopher M. Langlett , Cheryne Jonay , Vedika Khemani , Joaquin F. Rodriguez-Nieva

Usual approach to the foundations of quantum statistical physics is based on conventional micro-canonical ensemble as a starting point for deriving Boltzmann-Gibbs (BG) equilibrium. It leaves, however, a number of conceptual and practical…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-05-20 Boris V. Fine , Frank Hantschel

We study the universal structure of late-time ensembles obtained from unitary dynamics in quantum chaotic systems with symmetries, such as charge or energy conservation. We find that although quantum states do not ergodically explore the…

Complete eigenvalue spectra of the staggered Dirac operator in quenched $4d$ compact QED are studied on $8^3 \times 4$ and $8^3 \times 6$ lattices. We investigate the behavior of the nearest-neighbor spacing distribution $P(s)$ as a measure…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2009-10-31 B. A. Berg , H. Markum , R. Pullirsch

Many models for chaotic systems consist of joining two integrable systems with incompatible constants of motion. The quantum counterparts of such models have a propagator which factorizes into two integrable parts. Each part can be…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2009-10-31 Tomaz Prosen , Thomas H. Seligman , Hans A. Weidenmueller

Discrete time crystals are related to non-equilibrium dynamics of periodically driven quantum many-body systems where the discrete time translation symmetry of the Hamiltonian is spontaneously broken into another discrete symmetry.…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2018-05-31 Arkadiusz Kosior , Krzysztof Sacha

Quantum many-body systems are commonly considered as quantum chaotic if their spectral statistics, such as the level spacing distribution, agree with those of random matrix theory. Using the example of the kicked Ising chain we demonstrate…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-10-16 Tabea Herrmann , Maximilian F. I. Kieler , Arnd Bäcker

We speak of chaos in quantum systems if the statistical properties of the eigenvalue spectrum coincide with predictions of random-matrix theory. Chaos is a typical feature of atomic nuclei and other self-bound Fermi systems. How can the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 T. Papenbrock , H. A. Weidenmueller

We investigate the distribution of the spacings of adjacent eigenvalues of the lattice Dirac operator. At zero chemical potential $\mu$, the nearest-neighbor spacing distribution $P(s)$ follows the Wigner surmise of random matrix theory…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2008-11-26 Elmar Bittner , Simon Hands , Harald Markum , Rainer Pullirsch

Ergodicity and chaos play an integral role in the dynamical behavior of many-particle systems and are crucial to the formulation of statistical mechanics. Still, a general understanding of how randomness and chaos emerge in the dynamical…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2019-07-24 Eric J. Meier , Jackson Ang'ong'a , Fangzhao Alex An , Bryce Gadway

We prove the approach to equilibrium of quenched isolated quantum systems for which the change in the Hamiltonian brought about by the quench satisfies a certain closed commutator algebra with all the extensive integrals of motion of the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-12-01 E. Solano-Carrillo

Our current understanding of quantum chaos in many-body quantum systems hinges on the random matrix theory(RMT) behavior of eigenstates and their energy level statistics. Although RMT has been remarkably successful in describing `coarse'…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-08-05 Christopher M. Langlett , Joaquin F. Rodriguez-Nieva

A diagonal entropy, which depends only on the diagonal elements of the system's density matrix in the energy representation, has been recently introduced as the proper definition of thermodynamic entropy in out-of-equilibrium quantum…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2012-02-17 Lea F. Santos , Anatoli Polkovnikov , Marcos Rigol

We study the quantum entanglement caused by unitary operators that have classical limits that can range from the near integrable to the completely chaotic. Entanglement in the eigenstates and time-evolving arbitrary states is studied…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2009-10-31 Arul Lakshminarayan

Quantum chaos is a quantum many-body phenomenon that is associated with a number of intricate properties, such as level repulsion in energy spectra or distinct scalings of out-of-time ordered correlation functions. In this work, we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-25 Andi Gu , Yihui Quek , Susanne Yelin , Jens Eisert , Lorenzo Leone