Mesoscopic Regimes of Temporal Entanglement in Ergodic Quantum Systems

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Auteurs principaux: Cerezo-Roquebrún, Sergio, Schneider, Jan Thorben, Carignano, Stefano, Bou-Comas, Aleix, Bañuls, Mari Carmen, López, Esperanza, Tagliacozzo, Luca
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author Cerezo-Roquebrún, Sergio
Schneider, Jan Thorben
Carignano, Stefano
Bou-Comas, Aleix
Bañuls, Mari Carmen
López, Esperanza
Tagliacozzo, Luca
author_facet Cerezo-Roquebrún, Sergio
Schneider, Jan Thorben
Carignano, Stefano
Bou-Comas, Aleix
Bañuls, Mari Carmen
López, Esperanza
Tagliacozzo, Luca
contents We study temporal correlations in interacting quantum systems through the influence functional of a half-infinite quantum Ising chain. Using Rényi entropies and temporal mutual information, we confirm that integrable dynamics is captured by the quasiparticle picture. In contrast, generic ergodic Hamiltonian dynamics exhibits pronounced deviations from random-circuit universality, and its generalization including a symmetry accounting for energy conservation. Instead, we find a long mesoscopic regime suggestive of a slow spectral reorganization of the influence functional. Our results reveal a rich temporal structure in generic Hamiltonian dynamics and point to limitations of existing random-circuit paradigms at experimentally and numerically relevant timescales.
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spellingShingle Mesoscopic Regimes of Temporal Entanglement in Ergodic Quantum Systems
Cerezo-Roquebrún, Sergio
Schneider, Jan Thorben
Carignano, Stefano
Bou-Comas, Aleix
Bañuls, Mari Carmen
López, Esperanza
Tagliacozzo, Luca
Quantum Physics
Statistical Mechanics
We study temporal correlations in interacting quantum systems through the influence functional of a half-infinite quantum Ising chain. Using Rényi entropies and temporal mutual information, we confirm that integrable dynamics is captured by the quasiparticle picture. In contrast, generic ergodic Hamiltonian dynamics exhibits pronounced deviations from random-circuit universality, and its generalization including a symmetry accounting for energy conservation. Instead, we find a long mesoscopic regime suggestive of a slow spectral reorganization of the influence functional. Our results reveal a rich temporal structure in generic Hamiltonian dynamics and point to limitations of existing random-circuit paradigms at experimentally and numerically relevant timescales.
title Mesoscopic Regimes of Temporal Entanglement in Ergodic Quantum Systems
topic Quantum Physics
Statistical Mechanics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.08356