Manan Vyas

Thermalization in the two-body random ensemble

Using the ergodicity principle for the expectation values of several types of observables, we investigate the thermalization process in isolated fermionic systems. These are described by the two-body random ensemble, which is a paradigmatic model to study quantum chaos and especially the dynamical transition from integrability to chaos. By means of exact diagonalizations we analyze the relevance of the eigenstate thermalization hypothesis as well as the influence of other factors, such as the energy and structure of the initial state, or the dimension of the Hilbert space. We also obtain analytical expressions linking the degree of thermalization for a given observable with the so-called number of principal components for transition strengths originating at a given energy, with the dimensions of the whole Hilbert space and microcanonical energy shell, and with the correlations generated by the observable. As the strength of the residual interaction is increased, an order-to-chaos transition takes place, and we show that the onset of Wigner spectral fluctuations, which is the standard signature of chaos, is not sufficient to guarantee thermalization in finite systems. When all the signatures of chaos are fulfilled, including the quasicomplete delocalization of eigenfunctions, the eigenstate thermalization hypothesis is the mechanism responsible for the thermalization of certain types of observables, such as (linear combinations of) occupancies and strength function operators. Our results also suggest that fully chaotic systems will thermalize relative to most observables in the thermodynamic limit.

Random matrix ensemble with random two-body interactions in the presence of a mean field for spin-one boson systems.

For bosons carrying spin-one degree of freedom, we introduce an embedded Gaussian orthogonal ensemble of random matrices generated by random two-body interactions in the presence of a mean field that is spin (S) scalar [called BEGOE(1+2)-S1]. Embedding algebra for the ensemble, for m bosons in Ω number of single-particle levels (each triply degenerate), is U(3Ω)⊃G⊃G1⊗SO(3) with SO(3) generating the spin S. A method for constructing the ensemble for a given (Ω,m,S) has been developed. Numerical calculations show that (i) the form of the fixed-(m, S) density of states is close to a Gaussian; (ii) for a strong enough interaction, level fluctuations follow GOE; (iii) fluctuation in energy centroids is large; and (iv) spectral widths are nearly constant with respect to S for S<S(max)/2. Moreover, we identify two different pairing symmetry algebras in the space defined by BEGOE(1+2)-S1 and numerical results show that random interactions generate ground states with maximal value for the pair expectation value.

Entanglement-induced sub-Planck phase-space structures

We study Wigner function of a system describing entanglement of two cat-states. Quantum interferece arising due to entanglement is shown to produce sub-Planck structures in the phase-space plots of the Wigner function. Origin of these structures in our case depends on entanglement unlike those in Zurek \cite{Zurek}. It is argued that the entangled cat-states are better suited for carrying out precision measurements.

Generalized Gaussian wave packet dynamics: Integrable and chaotic systems.

The ultimate semiclassical wave packet propagation technique is a complex, time-dependent Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin method known as generalized Gaussian wave packet dynamics (GGWPD). It requires overcoming many technical difficulties in order to be carried out fully in practice. In its place roughly twenty years ago, linearized wave packet dynamics was generalized to methods that include sets of off-center, real trajectories for both classically integrable and chaotic dynamical systems that completely capture the dynamical transport. The connections between those methods and GGWPD are developed in a way that enables a far more practical implementation of GGWPD. The generally complex saddle-point trajectories at its foundation are found using a multidimensional Newton-Raphson root search method that begins with the set of off-center, real trajectories. This is possible because there is a one-to-one correspondence. The neighboring trajectories associated with each off-center, real trajectory form a path that crosses a unique saddle; there are exceptions that are straightforward to identify. The method is applied to the kicked rotor to demonstrate the accuracy improvement as a function of ℏ that comes with using the saddle-point trajectories.

Loss of superfluidity in the Bose?Einstein condensate in an optical lattice with cubic and quintic nonlinearity

In a one-dimensional shallow optical lattice, in the presence of both cubic and quintic nonlinearity, a superfluid density wave is identified in a Bose?Einstein condensate. Interestingly, it ceases to exist when only one of these interactions is operative. We predict the loss of superfluidity through a classical dynamical phase transition, where modulational instability leads to the loss of phase coherence. In a certain parameter domain, the competition between lattice potential and the interactions is shown to give rise to a stripe phase, where atoms are confined in finite domains. In a pure two-body case, apart from the known superfluid and insulating phases, a density wave insulating phase is found to exist, possessing two frequency modulations commensurate with the lattice potential.

Random matrix ensembles with random interactions: Results for EGUE(2)- SU (4)

We introduce in this paper embedded Gaussian unitary ensemble of random matrices, for m fermions in Ω number of single particle orbits, generated by random twobody interactions that are SU(4) scalar, called EGUE(2)-SU(4). Here the SU(4) algebra corresponds to Wigner’s supermultiplet SU(4) symmetry in nuclei. Formulation based on Wigner-Racah algebra of the embedding algebra U(4Ω) ⊃ U(Ω) ⊗ SU(4) allows for analytical treatment of this ensemble and using this analytical formulas are derived for the covariances in energy centroids and spectral variances. It is found that these covariances increase in magnitude as we go from EGUE(2) to EGUE(2)-s to EGUE(2)-SU(4) implying that symmetries may be responsible for chaos in finite interacting quantum systems.

Publisher's Note: Generalized Gaussian wave packet dynamics: Integrable and chaotic systems [Phys. Rev. E 93 , 012213 (2016)]

This corrects the article DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.93.012213.