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Noncommuting charges can remove non-stationary quantum many-body dynamics (2403.13046v3)
Published 19 Mar 2024 in quant-ph
Abstract: Studying noncommuting conserved quantities, or 'charges,' has revealed a conceptual puzzle: noncommuting charges hinder thermalization in some ways yet promote it in others. While many quantum systems thermalize according to the Eigenstate Thermalization Hypothesis (ETH), systems with 'dynamical symmetries' violate the ETH and exhibit non-stationary dynamics, preventing them from equilibrating, much less thermalizing. We demonstrate that each pair of dynamical symmetries corresponds to a specific charge. We find that introducing new charges that do not commute with existing ones disrupts these symmetries, thereby eliminating non-stationary dynamics and facilitating thermalization. We illustrate this behavior across various models, including the Hubbard model and Heisenberg spin chains. Our findings demonstrate that noncommuting charges can enhance thermalization by reducing the number of local observables that thermalize according to the ETH.
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