Quantum ergodicity in the SYK model

DOI10.1016/J.NUCLPHYSB.2018.02.015zbMATH Open1404.81115arXiv1712.05073OpenAlexW2771622047MaRDI QIDQ1633971FDOQ1633971

Authors: Alexander Altland, Dmitry Bagrets 

Publication date: 17 December 2018

Published in: Nuclear Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We present a replica path integral approach describing the quantum chaotic dynamics of the SYK model at large time scales. The theory leads to the identification of non-ergodic collective modes which relax and eventually give way to an ergodic long time regime (describable by random matrix theory). These modes, which play a role conceptually similar to the diffusion modes of dirty metals, carry quantum numbers which we identify as the generators of the Clifford algebra: each of the $2^N$ different products that can be formed from $N$ Majorana operators defines one effective mode. The competition between a decay rate quickly growing in the order of the product and a density of modes exponentially growing in the same parameter explains the characteristics of the system's approach to the ergodic long time regime. We probe this dynamics through various spectral correlation functions and obtain favorable agreement with existing numerical data.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1712.05073

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Random matrices (probabilistic aspects) (60B20) Spinor and twistor methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81R25) Path integrals in quantum mechanics (81S40) Clifford algebras, spinors (15A66) Quantum chaos (81Q50)

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