Operator growth and eigenstate entanglement in an interacting integrable Floquet system

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Abstract

We analyze a simple model of quantum dynamics, which is a discrete-time deterministic version of the Fredrickson-Andersen model. This model is integrable, with a quasiparticle description related to the classical hard-rod gas. Despite the integrability of the model, commutators of physical operators grow with a diffusively broadening front, in this respect resembling generic chaotic models. In addition, local operators behave consistently with the eigenstate thermalization hypothesis (ETH). However, large subsystems violate ETH; as a function of subsystem size, eigenstate entanglement first increases linearly and then saturates at a scale that is parametrically smaller than half the system size.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number060406
JournalPhysical Review B
Volume98
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 14 2018

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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