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Main Authors: Ji, Guangyue, Palomino, David E., Goldman, Nathan, Ozawa, Tomoki, Riseborough, Peter, Wang, Jie, Mera, Bruno
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.14028
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author Ji, Guangyue
Palomino, David E.
Goldman, Nathan
Ozawa, Tomoki
Riseborough, Peter
Wang, Jie
Mera, Bruno
author_facet Ji, Guangyue
Palomino, David E.
Goldman, Nathan
Ozawa, Tomoki
Riseborough, Peter
Wang, Jie
Mera, Bruno
contents Geometry plays a fundamental role in a wide range of physical responses, from anomalous transport coefficients to their related sum rules. Notable examples include the quantization of the Hall conductivity and the Souza-Wilkens-Martin (SWM) sum rule -- both valid at zero temperature, independent of interactions and disorder. The finite-temperature generalization of the SWM sum rule has been explored in the literature, revealing deep connections to the geometry of density matrices. Building on recent advances in time-dependent geometric frameworks, we propose a time-dependent quantum geometric tensor for thermal density matrices. This formalism provides a unified interpretation of known sum rules within the framework of the fluctuation-dissipation theorem, further elucidating their fundamental geometric origin. In addition, it provides experimentally accessible methods to probe quantum geometry beyond the zero-temperature regime.
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spellingShingle Density Matrix Geometry and Sum Rules
Ji, Guangyue
Palomino, David E.
Goldman, Nathan
Ozawa, Tomoki
Riseborough, Peter
Wang, Jie
Mera, Bruno
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Geometry plays a fundamental role in a wide range of physical responses, from anomalous transport coefficients to their related sum rules. Notable examples include the quantization of the Hall conductivity and the Souza-Wilkens-Martin (SWM) sum rule -- both valid at zero temperature, independent of interactions and disorder. The finite-temperature generalization of the SWM sum rule has been explored in the literature, revealing deep connections to the geometry of density matrices. Building on recent advances in time-dependent geometric frameworks, we propose a time-dependent quantum geometric tensor for thermal density matrices. This formalism provides a unified interpretation of known sum rules within the framework of the fluctuation-dissipation theorem, further elucidating their fundamental geometric origin. In addition, it provides experimentally accessible methods to probe quantum geometry beyond the zero-temperature regime.
title Density Matrix Geometry and Sum Rules
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.14028