Measurement-Induced Phase Transition in State Estimation of Chaotic Systems and the Directed Polymer

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Auteurs principaux: Gerbino, Federico, Giachetti, Guido, Doussal, Pierre Le, De Luca, Andrea
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author Gerbino, Federico
Giachetti, Guido
Doussal, Pierre Le
De Luca, Andrea
author_facet Gerbino, Federico
Giachetti, Guido
Doussal, Pierre Le
De Luca, Andrea
contents We introduce a solvable model of a measurement-induced phase transition (MIPT) in a deterministic but chaotic dynamical system with a positive Lyapunov exponent. In this setup, an observer only has a probabilistic description of the system but mitigates chaos-induced uncertainty through repeated measurements. Using a minimal representation via a branching tree, we map this problem to the directed polymer (DP) model on the Cayley tree, although in a regime dominated by rare events. By studying the Shannon entropy of the probability distribution estimated by the observer, we demonstrate a phase transition distinguishing a chaotic phase with reduced Lyapunov exponent from a strong-measurement phase where uncertainty remains bounded. Remarkably, the location of the MIPT transition coincides with the freezing transition of the DP, although the critical properties differ. We provide an exact, universal scaling function describing the entropy growth in the critical regime. Numerical simulations confirm our theoretical predictions, highlighting a simple yet powerful framework to explore measurement-induced transitions in classical chaotic systems.
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spellingShingle Measurement-Induced Phase Transition in State Estimation of Chaotic Systems and the Directed Polymer
Gerbino, Federico
Giachetti, Guido
Doussal, Pierre Le
De Luca, Andrea
Statistical Mechanics
We introduce a solvable model of a measurement-induced phase transition (MIPT) in a deterministic but chaotic dynamical system with a positive Lyapunov exponent. In this setup, an observer only has a probabilistic description of the system but mitigates chaos-induced uncertainty through repeated measurements. Using a minimal representation via a branching tree, we map this problem to the directed polymer (DP) model on the Cayley tree, although in a regime dominated by rare events. By studying the Shannon entropy of the probability distribution estimated by the observer, we demonstrate a phase transition distinguishing a chaotic phase with reduced Lyapunov exponent from a strong-measurement phase where uncertainty remains bounded. Remarkably, the location of the MIPT transition coincides with the freezing transition of the DP, although the critical properties differ. We provide an exact, universal scaling function describing the entropy growth in the critical regime. Numerical simulations confirm our theoretical predictions, highlighting a simple yet powerful framework to explore measurement-induced transitions in classical chaotic systems.
title Measurement-Induced Phase Transition in State Estimation of Chaotic Systems and the Directed Polymer
topic Statistical Mechanics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.00547