Universality, Robustness, and Limits of the Eigenstate Thermalization Hypothesis in Open Quantum Systems
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| author | Almeida, Gabriel Ribeiro, Pedro Haque, Masudul Sá, Lucas |
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| contents | The eigenstate thermalization hypothesis (ETH) underpins much of our modern understanding of the thermalization of closed quantum many-body systems. Here, we investigate the statistical properties of observables in the eigenbasis of the Lindbladian operator of a Markovian open quantum system. We demonstrate the validity of a Lindbladian ETH ansatz through extensive numerical simulations of several physical models. To highlight the robustness of Lindbladian ETH, we consider what we dub the dilute-click regime of the model, in which one postselects only quantum trajectories with a finite fraction of quantum jumps. The average dynamics are generated by a non-trace-preserving Liouvillian, and we show that the Lindbladian ETH ansatz still holds in this case. On the other hand, the no-click limit is a singular point at which the Lindbladian reduces to a doubled non-Hermitian Hamiltonian and Lindbladian ETH breaks down. |
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| spellingShingle | Universality, Robustness, and Limits of the Eigenstate Thermalization Hypothesis in Open Quantum Systems Almeida, Gabriel Ribeiro, Pedro Haque, Masudul Sá, Lucas Statistical Mechanics Disordered Systems and Neural Networks Chaotic Dynamics Quantum Physics The eigenstate thermalization hypothesis (ETH) underpins much of our modern understanding of the thermalization of closed quantum many-body systems. Here, we investigate the statistical properties of observables in the eigenbasis of the Lindbladian operator of a Markovian open quantum system. We demonstrate the validity of a Lindbladian ETH ansatz through extensive numerical simulations of several physical models. To highlight the robustness of Lindbladian ETH, we consider what we dub the dilute-click regime of the model, in which one postselects only quantum trajectories with a finite fraction of quantum jumps. The average dynamics are generated by a non-trace-preserving Liouvillian, and we show that the Lindbladian ETH ansatz still holds in this case. On the other hand, the no-click limit is a singular point at which the Lindbladian reduces to a doubled non-Hermitian Hamiltonian and Lindbladian ETH breaks down. |
| title | Universality, Robustness, and Limits of the Eigenstate Thermalization Hypothesis in Open Quantum Systems |
| topic | Statistical Mechanics Disordered Systems and Neural Networks Chaotic Dynamics Quantum Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.10261 |