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Identifying spatial quantum correlations in mixed states is challenging because thermal mixed-state contributions obscure the entanglement encoded in subsystem entropy. Here, we introduce the entanglement projected entropy, a diagnostic for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-26 Jia-Wen Tao , Hui-Ke Jin

We investigate the emergence of thermalization in a quantum field-theoretic model mimicking the production of jets in QCD -- the massive Schwinger model coupled to external sources. Specifically, we compute the expectation values of local…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-06-19 Adrien Florio , David Frenklakh , Sebastian Grieninger , Dmitri E. Kharzeev , Andrea Palermo , Shuzhe Shi

We show, without relying on any unproven assumptions, that a low-density free fermion chain exhibits thermalization in the following (restricted) sense. We choose the initial state as a pure state drawn randomly from the Hilbert space in…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-04-13 Naoto Shiraishi , Hal Tasaki

We study a distribution of thermal states given by random Hamiltonians with a local structure. We show that the ensemble of thermal states monotonically approaches the unitarily invariant ensemble with decreasing temperature if all…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-12-03 Yoshifumi Nakata , Tobias J. Osborne

We investigate the time evolution of a generic and finite isolated quantum many-body system starting from a pure quantum state. We find the kinematical general canonical principle proposed by Popescu-Short-Winter for statistical mechanics…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-01-17 Shuai Cui , Jun-Peng Cao , Hui Jing , Heng Fan , Wu-Ming Liu

Statistical mechanics can predict thermal equilibrium states for most classical systems, but for an isolated quantum system there is no general understanding on how equilibrium states dynamically emerge from the microscopic Hamiltonian. For…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-08-03 B. Neyenhuis , J. Smith , A. C. Lee , J. Zhang , P. Richerme , P. W. Hess , Z. -X. Gong , A. V. Gorshkov , C. Monroe

Thermalization (generalized thermalization) in nonintegrable (integrable) quantum systems requires two ingredients: equilibration and agreement with the predictions of the Gibbs (generalized Gibbs) ensemble. We prove that observables that…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2023-08-10 Patrycja Łydżba , Marcin Mierzejewski , Marcos Rigol , Lev Vidmar

Isolated quantum systems typically approach thermal equilibrium as described by the Eigenstate Thermalization Hypothesis (ETH). Going beyond this involves either higher order correlators (full thermalization) or the formation of state…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-01 Tabea Herrmann , Felix Fritzsch , Arnd Bäcker

The project concerns the interplay among quantum mechanics, statistical mechanics and thermodynamics, in isolated quantum systems. The underlying goal is to improve our understanding of the concept of thermal equilibrium in quantum systems.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-08-03 Fabio Anza

We study thermalization in a one-dimensional quantum system consisting of a noninteracting fermionic chain with each site of the chain coupled to an additional bath site. Using a density matrix renormalization group algorithm we investigate…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2013-03-14 N. Sedlmayr , J. Ren , F. Gebhard , J. Sirker

Tensor networks provide discrete representations of quantum many-body systems, yet their precise connection to continuum field theories remains relatively poorly understood. Invoking a notion of typicality, we develop a continuum…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2026-04-09 Maksimilian Usoltcev , Carolin Wille , Jens Eisert , Alexander Altland

From sand piles to electrons in metals, one of the greatest challenges in modern physics is to understand the behavior of an ensemble of strongly interacting particles. A class of quantum many-body systems such as neutron matter and cold…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2010-06-01 Sylvain Nascimbène , Nir Navon , Kaijun Jiang , Frédéric Chevy , Christophe Salomon

In the present note, we discuss a simple example of a macroscopic quantum many-body system in which the approach to thermal equilibrium from an arbitrary initial state in the microcanonical energy shell is proved without relying on any…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-04-09 Hal Tasaki

Quantum state designs, by enabling an efficient sampling of random quantum states, play a quintessential role in devising and benchmarking various quantum protocols with broad applications ranging from circuit designs to black hole physics.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-09-04 Naga Dileep Varikuti , Soumik Bandyopadhyay

We develop a rigorous system-agnostic method to predict quantum thermalization in an overwhelming fraction of accessible pure states in a many-body system, entirely in terms of certain out-of-time-ordered correlators of few-body…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-06 Amit Vikram

Quantum thermalization describes how closed quantum systems can effectively reach thermal equilibrium, resolving the apparent incongruity between the reversibility of Schr\"odinger's equation and the second law of thermodynamics. Despite…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-08 Saúl Pilatowsky-Cameo , Soonwon Choi

The last decade has witnessed the remarkable progress in our understanding of thermalization in isolated quantum systems. Combining the eigenstate thermalization hypothesis with quantum measurement theory, we extend the framework of quantum…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2018-10-31 Yuto Ashida , Keiji Saito , Masahito Ueda

The dynamical evolution of neutrino flavor in supernovae can be modeled by an all-to-all spin Hamiltonian with random couplings. Simulating such two-local Hamiltonian dynamics remains a major challenge, as methods with controllable accuracy…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-30 Oriel Kiss , Ivano Tavernelli , Francesco Tacchino , Denis Lacroix , Alessandro Roggero

An estimator for the dynamical temperature in an arbitrary ensemble is derived in the framework of Bayesian statistical mechanics and the maximum entropy principle. We test this estimator numerically by a simulation of the two-dimensional…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-12-14 G. Palma , G. Gutiérrez , S. Davis

Quantum circuits have become a powerful tool in the study of many-body quantum physics, providing insights into both fast-thermalizing chaotic and non-thermalizing integrable many-body dynamics. In this work, we explore a distinct…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2024-10-31 Richard D. Barney , Yunxiang Liao , Victor Galitski