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Auteurs principaux: Mumford, J., Xie, H. -Y., Lewis-Swan, R. J.
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Publié: 2024
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Accès en ligne:https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.13831
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author Mumford, J.
Xie, H. -Y.
Lewis-Swan, R. J.
author_facet Mumford, J.
Xie, H. -Y.
Lewis-Swan, R. J.
contents This work theoretically investigates the transition from topology to chaos in a periodically driven system consisting of a quantum top coupled to a spin-1/2 particle. The system is driven by two alternating interaction kicks per period. For small kick strengths, localized topologically protected bound states exist, and as the kick strengths increase, these states proliferate. However, at large kick strengths they gradually delocalize in stages, eventually becoming random orthonormal vectors as chaos emerges. We identify the delocalization of the bound states as a finite size effect where their proliferation leads to their eventual overlap. This insight allows us to make analytic predictions for the onset and full emergence of chaos which are supported by numerical results of the quasi-energy level spacing ratio and Rényi entropy. A dynamical probe is also proposed to distinguish chaotic from regular behavior.
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spellingShingle Characterizing the transition from topology to chaos in a kicked quantum system
Mumford, J.
Xie, H. -Y.
Lewis-Swan, R. J.
Quantum Physics
This work theoretically investigates the transition from topology to chaos in a periodically driven system consisting of a quantum top coupled to a spin-1/2 particle. The system is driven by two alternating interaction kicks per period. For small kick strengths, localized topologically protected bound states exist, and as the kick strengths increase, these states proliferate. However, at large kick strengths they gradually delocalize in stages, eventually becoming random orthonormal vectors as chaos emerges. We identify the delocalization of the bound states as a finite size effect where their proliferation leads to their eventual overlap. This insight allows us to make analytic predictions for the onset and full emergence of chaos which are supported by numerical results of the quasi-energy level spacing ratio and Rényi entropy. A dynamical probe is also proposed to distinguish chaotic from regular behavior.
title Characterizing the transition from topology to chaos in a kicked quantum system
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.13831