Random matrix universality in dynamical correlation functions at late times

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Autori principali: Bouverot-Dupuis, Oscar, Pappalardi, Silvia, Kurchan, Jorge, Polkovnikov, Anatoli, Foini, Laura
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Pubblicazione: 2024
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author Bouverot-Dupuis, Oscar
Pappalardi, Silvia
Kurchan, Jorge
Polkovnikov, Anatoli
Foini, Laura
author_facet Bouverot-Dupuis, Oscar
Pappalardi, Silvia
Kurchan, Jorge
Polkovnikov, Anatoli
Foini, Laura
contents We study the behavior of two-time correlation functions at late times for finite system sizes considering observables whose (one-point) average value does not depend on energy. In the long time limit, we show that such correlation functions display a ramp and a plateau determined by the correlations of energy levels, similar to what is already known for the spectral form factor. The plateau value is determined, in absence of degenerate energy levels, by the fluctuations of diagonal matrix elements, which highlights differences between different symmetry classes. We show this behavior analytically by employing results from Random Matrix Theory and the Eigenstate Thermalisation Hypothesis, and numerically by exact diagonalization in the toy example of a Hamiltonian drawn from a Random Matrix ensemble and in a more realistic example of disordered spin glasses at high temperature. Importantly, correlation functions in the ramp regime do not show self-averaging behaviour, and, at difference with the spectral form factor the time average does not coincide with the ensemble average.
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spellingShingle Random matrix universality in dynamical correlation functions at late times
Bouverot-Dupuis, Oscar
Pappalardi, Silvia
Kurchan, Jorge
Polkovnikov, Anatoli
Foini, Laura
Statistical Mechanics
High Energy Physics - Theory
We study the behavior of two-time correlation functions at late times for finite system sizes considering observables whose (one-point) average value does not depend on energy. In the long time limit, we show that such correlation functions display a ramp and a plateau determined by the correlations of energy levels, similar to what is already known for the spectral form factor. The plateau value is determined, in absence of degenerate energy levels, by the fluctuations of diagonal matrix elements, which highlights differences between different symmetry classes. We show this behavior analytically by employing results from Random Matrix Theory and the Eigenstate Thermalisation Hypothesis, and numerically by exact diagonalization in the toy example of a Hamiltonian drawn from a Random Matrix ensemble and in a more realistic example of disordered spin glasses at high temperature. Importantly, correlation functions in the ramp regime do not show self-averaging behaviour, and, at difference with the spectral form factor the time average does not coincide with the ensemble average.
title Random matrix universality in dynamical correlation functions at late times
topic Statistical Mechanics
High Energy Physics - Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.12103