Eigenvector decorrelation for random matrices

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Main Authors: Cipolloni, Giorgio, Erdős, László, Henheik, Joscha, Kolupaiev, Oleksii
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author Cipolloni, Giorgio
Erdős, László
Henheik, Joscha
Kolupaiev, Oleksii
author_facet Cipolloni, Giorgio
Erdős, László
Henheik, Joscha
Kolupaiev, Oleksii
contents We study the sensitivity of the eigenvectors of random matrices, showing that even small perturbations make the eigenvectors almost orthogonal. More precisely, we consider two deformed Wigner matrices $W+D_1$, $W+D_2$ and show that their bulk eigenvectors become asymptotically orthogonal as soon as $\mathrm{Tr}(D_1-D_2)^2\gg 1$, or their respective energies are separated on a scale much bigger than the local eigenvalue spacing. Furthermore, we show that quadratic forms of eigenvectors of $W+D_1$, $W+D_2$ with any deterministic matrix $A\in\mathbf{C}^{N\times N}$ in a specific subspace of codimension one are of size $N^{-1/2}$. This proves a generalization of the Eigenstate Thermalization Hypothesis to eigenvectors belonging to two different spectral families.
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spellingShingle Eigenvector decorrelation for random matrices
Cipolloni, Giorgio
Erdős, László
Henheik, Joscha
Kolupaiev, Oleksii
Probability
Mathematical Physics
60B20, 82C10
We study the sensitivity of the eigenvectors of random matrices, showing that even small perturbations make the eigenvectors almost orthogonal. More precisely, we consider two deformed Wigner matrices $W+D_1$, $W+D_2$ and show that their bulk eigenvectors become asymptotically orthogonal as soon as $\mathrm{Tr}(D_1-D_2)^2\gg 1$, or their respective energies are separated on a scale much bigger than the local eigenvalue spacing. Furthermore, we show that quadratic forms of eigenvectors of $W+D_1$, $W+D_2$ with any deterministic matrix $A\in\mathbf{C}^{N\times N}$ in a specific subspace of codimension one are of size $N^{-1/2}$. This proves a generalization of the Eigenstate Thermalization Hypothesis to eigenvectors belonging to two different spectral families.
title Eigenvector decorrelation for random matrices
topic Probability
Mathematical Physics
60B20, 82C10
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.10718