English

Localized Fock Space Cages in Kinetically Constrained Models

Quantum Physics 2026-04-28 v1 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

We investigate a mechanism for non-ergodic behavior in many-body quantum systems arising from destructive interference, leading to localization in Fock space. Drawing parallels with single-particle flat-band localization and Aharonov-Bohm cages, we identify conditions under which similar interference effects in the many-body domain produce Fock space cages (FSCs)-highly localized many-body eigenstates. By interpreting Fock space as a graph where nodes represent bitstring basis states and edges denote non-zero transition amplitudes of the Hamiltonian, we analyze different kinetically constrained models. The FSCs cause non-ergodic dynamics when the system is initialized within their support, highlighting a universal interference-driven localization mechanism in many-body systems.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.2504.20987,
  title  = {Localized Fock Space Cages in Kinetically Constrained Models},
  author = {Cheryne Jonay and Frank Pollmann},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.20987},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

7 pages, 7 figures

R2 v1 2026-06-28T23:15:44.252Z