Eigenstate thermalization

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Autori principali: Patil, Rohit, Rigol, Marcos
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author Patil, Rohit
Rigol, Marcos
author_facet Patil, Rohit
Rigol, Marcos
contents We provide a pedagogical introduction to eigenstate thermalization. This phenomenon, which occurs in generic quantum systems, allows one to understand why thermalization takes place in isolated systems under unitary dynamics. We motivate eigenstate thermalization using random matrix theory and discuss recent complementary results for the volume-law entanglement entropy of Haar-random states. We discuss numerical results that highlight the corresponding behaviors in quantum many-body systems.
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spellingShingle Eigenstate thermalization
Patil, Rohit
Rigol, Marcos
Quantum Physics
Statistical Mechanics
We provide a pedagogical introduction to eigenstate thermalization. This phenomenon, which occurs in generic quantum systems, allows one to understand why thermalization takes place in isolated systems under unitary dynamics. We motivate eigenstate thermalization using random matrix theory and discuss recent complementary results for the volume-law entanglement entropy of Haar-random states. We discuss numerical results that highlight the corresponding behaviors in quantum many-body systems.
title Eigenstate thermalization
topic Quantum Physics
Statistical Mechanics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.11872