Tree tensor networks for many-body localization in two dimensions

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Main Authors: Humpert, Lars, Kennes, Dante M., Herre, Jan-Niklas
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author Humpert, Lars
Kennes, Dante M.
Herre, Jan-Niklas
author_facet Humpert, Lars
Kennes, Dante M.
Herre, Jan-Niklas
contents We investigate the disordered spin-$\frac12$Heisenberg model in two dimensions and employ tree tensor networks (TTNs) with a physics-informed structural optimization of the tree layout, to simulate dynamics in the many-body localization problem. We find that TTNs are able to capture two-dimensional entanglement patterns more effectively than matrix product states (MPS) while being more efficient to contract than projected entangled pair states (PEPS) to probe larger systems and longer times. Structural optimization of the trees based on time evolution of the entanglement in the system allows to keep the necessary bond dimensions low and to maximally exploit the increased expressiveness of TTNs over MPS. In this way, we achieve more accurate results in all considered parameter regimes both below and above the ergodicity-to-localization crossover at a comparable compute-time cost.
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spellingShingle Tree tensor networks for many-body localization in two dimensions
Humpert, Lars
Kennes, Dante M.
Herre, Jan-Niklas
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
We investigate the disordered spin-$\frac12$Heisenberg model in two dimensions and employ tree tensor networks (TTNs) with a physics-informed structural optimization of the tree layout, to simulate dynamics in the many-body localization problem. We find that TTNs are able to capture two-dimensional entanglement patterns more effectively than matrix product states (MPS) while being more efficient to contract than projected entangled pair states (PEPS) to probe larger systems and longer times. Structural optimization of the trees based on time evolution of the entanglement in the system allows to keep the necessary bond dimensions low and to maximally exploit the increased expressiveness of TTNs over MPS. In this way, we achieve more accurate results in all considered parameter regimes both below and above the ergodicity-to-localization crossover at a comparable compute-time cost.
title Tree tensor networks for many-body localization in two dimensions
topic Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.19389