Bath-induced Zeno localization in driven many-body quantum systems

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Main Authors: Maimbourg, Thibaud, Basko, Denis M., Holzmann, Markus, Rosso, Alberto
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author Maimbourg, Thibaud
Basko, Denis M.
Holzmann, Markus
Rosso, Alberto
author_facet Maimbourg, Thibaud
Basko, Denis M.
Holzmann, Markus
Rosso, Alberto
contents We study a quantum interacting spin system subject to an external drive and coupled to a thermal bath of spatially localized vibrational modes, serving as a model of Dynamic Nuclear Polarization. We show that even when the many-body eigenstates of the system are ergodic, a sufficiently strong coupling to the bath may effectively localize the spins due to many-body quantum Zeno effect, as manifested by the hole-burning shape of the electron paramagnetic resonance spectrum. Our results provide an explanation of the breakdown of the thermal mixing regime experimentally observed above 4 - 5 Kelvin.
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spellingShingle Bath-induced Zeno localization in driven many-body quantum systems
Maimbourg, Thibaud
Basko, Denis M.
Holzmann, Markus
Rosso, Alberto
Statistical Mechanics
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Quantum Physics
We study a quantum interacting spin system subject to an external drive and coupled to a thermal bath of spatially localized vibrational modes, serving as a model of Dynamic Nuclear Polarization. We show that even when the many-body eigenstates of the system are ergodic, a sufficiently strong coupling to the bath may effectively localize the spins due to many-body quantum Zeno effect, as manifested by the hole-burning shape of the electron paramagnetic resonance spectrum. Our results provide an explanation of the breakdown of the thermal mixing regime experimentally observed above 4 - 5 Kelvin.
title Bath-induced Zeno localization in driven many-body quantum systems
topic Statistical Mechanics
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2009.11784