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Level statistics of the one-dimensional ionic Hubbard model

Quantum Gases 2022-08-22 v2 Statistical Mechanics Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

In this work we analyze the spectral level statistics of the one-dimensional ionic Hubbard model, the Hubbard model with an alternating on-site potential. In particular, we focus on the statistics of the gap ratios between consecutive energy levels. This quantity is often used in order to signal whether a many-body system is integrable or chaotic. A chaotic system has typically the statistics of a Gaussian ensemble of random matrices while the spectral properties of the integrable system follow a Poisson statistics. We find that whereas the Hubbard model without alternating potential is known to be integrable and its spectral properties follow a Poissonian statistics, the presence of an alternating potential causes a drastic change in the spectral properties which resemble the one of a Gaussian ensemble of random matrices. However, to uncover this behavior one has to separately consider the blocks of all symmetries of the ionic Hubbard model.

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@article{arxiv.2203.05379,
  title  = {Level statistics of the one-dimensional ionic Hubbard model},
  author = {Jeannette De Marco and Luisa Tolle and Catalin-Mihai Halati and Ameneh Sheikhan and Andreas M. Läuchli and Corinna Kollath},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2203.05379},
  year   = {2022}
}
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