On thermalization in the SYK and supersymmetric SYK models

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DOI10.1007/JHEP02(2018)142zbMATH Open1387.83062arXiv1710.03012WikidataQ112154066 ScholiaQ112154066MaRDI QIDQ1748822FDOQ1748822


Authors: Nicholas Hunter-Jones, Junyu Liu, Yehao Zhou Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 14 May 2018

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The eigenstate thermalization hypothesis is a compelling conjecture which strives to explain the apparent thermal behavior of generic observables in closed quantum systems. Although we are far from a complete analytic understanding, quantum chaos is often seen as a strong indication that the ansatz holds true. In this paper, we address the thermalization of energy eigenstates in the Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev model, a maximally chaotic model of strongly-interacting Majorana fermions. We numerically investigate eigenstate thermalization for specific few-body operators in the original SYK model as well as its mathcalN=1 supersymmetric extension and find evidence that these models satisfy ETH. We discuss the implications of ETH for a gravitational dual and the quantum information-theoretic properties of SYK it suggests.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.03012




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