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| author | Budde, Thea Marinković, Marina Kristć Barros, Joao C. Pinto |
| author_facet | Budde, Thea Marinković, Marina Kristć Barros, Joao C. Pinto |
| contents | Hilbert space fragmentation refers to exponential growth in the number of dynamically disconnected Krylov sectors with system size. It is taken as evidence of ergodicity breaking, since conventional symmetries generate at most a polynomial number of sectors. However, we demonstrate that generalized symmetries can fragment the Hilbert space. Models with higher-form, subsystem, and gauge symmetries can have exponentially many symmetry sectors. We further prove that non-invertible symmetries can induce additional fragmentation within individual symmetry sectors. Fragmentation in several known models arises from generalized symmetries, and the presence of exponentially many Krylov sectors therefore does not by itself imply ergodicity breaking. Finally, we show that disorder free localization arises naturally from Krylov-restricted thermalization when sectors lack translation invariance, requiring neither ergodicity breaking nor gauge symmetry. |
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| spellingShingle | Hilbert Space Fragmentation from Generalized Symmetries Budde, Thea Marinković, Marina Kristć Barros, Joao C. Pinto High Energy Physics - Lattice Statistical Mechanics High Energy Physics - Theory Quantum Physics Hilbert space fragmentation refers to exponential growth in the number of dynamically disconnected Krylov sectors with system size. It is taken as evidence of ergodicity breaking, since conventional symmetries generate at most a polynomial number of sectors. However, we demonstrate that generalized symmetries can fragment the Hilbert space. Models with higher-form, subsystem, and gauge symmetries can have exponentially many symmetry sectors. We further prove that non-invertible symmetries can induce additional fragmentation within individual symmetry sectors. Fragmentation in several known models arises from generalized symmetries, and the presence of exponentially many Krylov sectors therefore does not by itself imply ergodicity breaking. Finally, we show that disorder free localization arises naturally from Krylov-restricted thermalization when sectors lack translation invariance, requiring neither ergodicity breaking nor gauge symmetry. |
| title | Hilbert Space Fragmentation from Generalized Symmetries |
| topic | High Energy Physics - Lattice Statistical Mechanics High Energy Physics - Theory Quantum Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.12907 |