Interaction instability of localization in quasiperiodic systems

DOI10.1073/PNAS.1800589115MaRDI QIDQ4967436zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Marko Žnidarič, Marko Ljubotina

Publication date 3 July 2019

Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1801.02955

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quasi-periodic motions and invariant tori for nonlinear problems in mechanics (70K43) Other fundamental interactions in quantum theory (81V19) Interacting particle systems in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C22)

Abstract: Integrable models form pillars of theoretical physics because they allow for full analytical understanding. Despite being rare, many realistic systems can be described by models that are close to integrable. Therefore, an important question is how small perturbations influence the behavior of solvable models. This is particularly true for many-body interacting quantum systems where no general theorems about their stability are known. Here, we show that no such theorem can exist by providing an explicit example of a one-dimensional many-body system in a quasiperiodic potential whose transport properties discontinuously change from localization to diffusion upon switching on interaction. This demonstrates an inherent instability of a possible many-body localization in a quasiperiodic potential at small interactions. We also show how the transport properties can be strongly modified by engineering potential at only a few lattice sites.

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