Probing Many-Body Quantum Chaos with Quantum Simulators
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26 pages
Published in:
- Phys.Rev.X 12 (2022) 1, 011018
- Published: Jan 1, 2022
e-Print:
- 2106.15530 [quant-ph]
DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevX.12.011018 (publication)
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Abstract: (APS)
The spectral form factor (SFF), characterizing statistics of energy eigenvalues, is a key diagnostic of many-body quantum chaos. In addition, partial spectral form factors (PSFFs) can be defined which refer to subsystems of the many-body system. They provide unique insights into energy eigenstate statistics of many-body systems, as we show in an analysis on the basis of random matrix theory and of the eigenstate thermalization hypothesis. We propose a protocol that allows the measurement of the SFF and PSFFs in quantum many-body spin models, within the framework of randomized measurements. Aimed to probe dynamical properties of quantum many-body systems, our scheme employs statistical correlations of local random operations which are applied at different times in a single experiment. Our protocol provides a unified test bed to probe many-body quantum chaotic behavior, thermalization, and many-body localization in closed quantum systems which we illustrate with numerical simulations for Hamiltonian and Floquet many-body spin systems.Note:
- 16+14 pages, 14 figures. The presentation throughout the paper is improved, without any change in the core content and results. New figure and appendix added. Matches with the published version
- matrix model: random
- spin: model
- many-body problem
- chaos
- spectral
- statistics
- form factor
- localization
- Hamiltonian
- energy eigenstate
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