Integrability and complexity in quantum spin chains

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Main Authors: Craps, Ben, De Clerck, Marine, Evnin, Oleg, Hacker, Philip
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author Craps, Ben
De Clerck, Marine
Evnin, Oleg
Hacker, Philip
author_facet Craps, Ben
De Clerck, Marine
Evnin, Oleg
Hacker, Philip
contents There is a widespread perception that dynamical evolution of integrable systems should be simpler in a quantifiable sense than the evolution of generic systems, though demonstrating this relation between integrability and reduced complexity in practice has remained elusive. We provide a connection of this sort by constructing a specific matrix in terms of the eigenvectors of a given quantum Hamiltonian. The null eigenvalues of this matrix are in one-to-one correspondence with conserved quantities that have simple locality properties (a hallmark of integrability). The typical magnitude of the eigenvalues, on the other hand, controls an explicit bound on Nielsen's complexity of the quantum evolution operator, defined in terms of the same locality specifications. We demonstrate how this connection works in a few concrete examples of quantum spin chains that possess diverse arrays of highly structured conservation laws mandated by integrability.
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spellingShingle Integrability and complexity in quantum spin chains
Craps, Ben
De Clerck, Marine
Evnin, Oleg
Hacker, Philip
Quantum Physics
Statistical Mechanics
High Energy Physics - Theory
Mathematical Physics
Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems
There is a widespread perception that dynamical evolution of integrable systems should be simpler in a quantifiable sense than the evolution of generic systems, though demonstrating this relation between integrability and reduced complexity in practice has remained elusive. We provide a connection of this sort by constructing a specific matrix in terms of the eigenvectors of a given quantum Hamiltonian. The null eigenvalues of this matrix are in one-to-one correspondence with conserved quantities that have simple locality properties (a hallmark of integrability). The typical magnitude of the eigenvalues, on the other hand, controls an explicit bound on Nielsen's complexity of the quantum evolution operator, defined in terms of the same locality specifications. We demonstrate how this connection works in a few concrete examples of quantum spin chains that possess diverse arrays of highly structured conservation laws mandated by integrability.
title Integrability and complexity in quantum spin chains
topic Quantum Physics
Statistical Mechanics
High Energy Physics - Theory
Mathematical Physics
Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.00037