Krylov complexity as an order parameter for quantum chaotic-integrable transitions

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Main Authors: Baggioli, Matteo, Huh, Kyoung-Bum, Jeong, Hyun-Sik, Kim, Keun-Young, Pedraza, Juan F.
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author Baggioli, Matteo
Huh, Kyoung-Bum
Jeong, Hyun-Sik
Kim, Keun-Young
Pedraza, Juan F.
author_facet Baggioli, Matteo
Huh, Kyoung-Bum
Jeong, Hyun-Sik
Kim, Keun-Young
Pedraza, Juan F.
contents Krylov complexity has recently emerged as a new paradigm to characterize quantum chaos in many-body systems. However, which features of Krylov complexity are prerogative of quantum chaotic systems and how they relate to more standard probes, such as spectral statistics or out-of-time-order correlators (OTOCs), remain open questions. Recent insights have revealed that in quantum chaotic systems Krylov state complexity exhibits a distinct peak during time evolution before settling into a well-understood late-time plateau. In this work, we propose that this Krylov complexity peak (KCP) is a hallmark of quantum chaotic systems and suggest that its height could serve as an `order parameter' for quantum chaos. We demonstrate that the KCP effectively identifies chaotic-integrable transitions in two representative quantum mechanical models at both infinite and finite temperature: the mass-deformed Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev model and the sparse Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev model. Our findings align with established results from spectral statistics and OTOCs, while introducing an operator-independent diagnostic for quantum chaos, offering more `universal' insights and a deeper understanding of the general properties of quantum chaotic systems.
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spellingShingle Krylov complexity as an order parameter for quantum chaotic-integrable transitions
Baggioli, Matteo
Huh, Kyoung-Bum
Jeong, Hyun-Sik
Kim, Keun-Young
Pedraza, Juan F.
High Energy Physics - Theory
Chaotic Dynamics
Quantum Physics
Krylov complexity has recently emerged as a new paradigm to characterize quantum chaos in many-body systems. However, which features of Krylov complexity are prerogative of quantum chaotic systems and how they relate to more standard probes, such as spectral statistics or out-of-time-order correlators (OTOCs), remain open questions. Recent insights have revealed that in quantum chaotic systems Krylov state complexity exhibits a distinct peak during time evolution before settling into a well-understood late-time plateau. In this work, we propose that this Krylov complexity peak (KCP) is a hallmark of quantum chaotic systems and suggest that its height could serve as an `order parameter' for quantum chaos. We demonstrate that the KCP effectively identifies chaotic-integrable transitions in two representative quantum mechanical models at both infinite and finite temperature: the mass-deformed Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev model and the sparse Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev model. Our findings align with established results from spectral statistics and OTOCs, while introducing an operator-independent diagnostic for quantum chaos, offering more `universal' insights and a deeper understanding of the general properties of quantum chaotic systems.
title Krylov complexity as an order parameter for quantum chaotic-integrable transitions
topic High Energy Physics - Theory
Chaotic Dynamics
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.17054