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Main Authors: Shirai, Tatsuhiko, Mori, Takashi
Format: Preprint
Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.03485
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author Shirai, Tatsuhiko
Mori, Takashi
author_facet Shirai, Tatsuhiko
Mori, Takashi
contents Markovian open many-body quantum systems display complicated relaxation dynamics. The spectral gap of the Liouvillian characterizes the asymptotic decay rate towards the stationary state, but it has recently been pointed out that the spectral gap does not necessarily determine the overall relaxation time. Our understanding on the relaxation process before the asymptotically long-time regime is still limited. We here present a collective relaxation dynamics of autocorrelation functions in the stationary state. As a key quantity in the analysis, we introduce the instantaneous decay rate, which characterizes the transient relaxation and converges to the conventional asymptotic decay rate in the long-time limit. Our theory predicts that a bulk-dissipated system generically shows an accelerated decay before the asymptotic regime due to the scrambling of quantum information associated with the operator spreading.
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spellingShingle Accelerated Decay due to Operator Spreading in Bulk-Dissipated Quantum Systems
Shirai, Tatsuhiko
Mori, Takashi
Statistical Mechanics
Quantum Physics
Markovian open many-body quantum systems display complicated relaxation dynamics. The spectral gap of the Liouvillian characterizes the asymptotic decay rate towards the stationary state, but it has recently been pointed out that the spectral gap does not necessarily determine the overall relaxation time. Our understanding on the relaxation process before the asymptotically long-time regime is still limited. We here present a collective relaxation dynamics of autocorrelation functions in the stationary state. As a key quantity in the analysis, we introduce the instantaneous decay rate, which characterizes the transient relaxation and converges to the conventional asymptotic decay rate in the long-time limit. Our theory predicts that a bulk-dissipated system generically shows an accelerated decay before the asymptotic regime due to the scrambling of quantum information associated with the operator spreading.
title Accelerated Decay due to Operator Spreading in Bulk-Dissipated Quantum Systems
topic Statistical Mechanics
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.03485