Signatures of Nonergodicity in Sparse Random Matrices

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Main Authors: Seth, Sagnik, Das, Adway Kumar, Ghosh, Anandamohan
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Published: 2026
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author Seth, Sagnik
Das, Adway Kumar
Ghosh, Anandamohan
author_facet Seth, Sagnik
Das, Adway Kumar
Ghosh, Anandamohan
contents The prevalence of sparsity in interacting many-body systems motivates an investigation into the spectral statistics of sparse random matrices with on-site disorder. We numerically demonstrate that the Anderson transition can be identified through the statistical properties of the ground state. By analytically deriving the energy moments and calculating the shifted kurtosis, we estimate the critical sparsity threshold for this localization-delocalization transition. The short-range energy correlation in the bulk indicates that the Anderson transition at infinite temperature coincides with the quantum phase transition. Furthermore, long-range energy correlations in the bulk spectrum reveal a Thouless energy scale, suggesting a broad nonergodic regime within the delocalized phase.
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spellingShingle Signatures of Nonergodicity in Sparse Random Matrices
Seth, Sagnik
Das, Adway Kumar
Ghosh, Anandamohan
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Statistical Mechanics
The prevalence of sparsity in interacting many-body systems motivates an investigation into the spectral statistics of sparse random matrices with on-site disorder. We numerically demonstrate that the Anderson transition can be identified through the statistical properties of the ground state. By analytically deriving the energy moments and calculating the shifted kurtosis, we estimate the critical sparsity threshold for this localization-delocalization transition. The short-range energy correlation in the bulk indicates that the Anderson transition at infinite temperature coincides with the quantum phase transition. Furthermore, long-range energy correlations in the bulk spectrum reveal a Thouless energy scale, suggesting a broad nonergodic regime within the delocalized phase.
title Signatures of Nonergodicity in Sparse Random Matrices
topic Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Statistical Mechanics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.21369