Locality Bound for Dissipative Quantum Transport

DOI10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.121.170601arXiv1806.01859WikidataQ58548334 ScholiaQ58548334MaRDI QIDQ6302597FDOQ6302597

Sean A. Hartnoll, Xizhi Han

Publication date: 5 June 2018

Abstract: We prove an upper bound on the diffusivity of a general local and translation invariant quantum Markovian spin system: $$. Here $v_{e}xtLR$ is the Lieb-Robinson velocity, $v_{e}xtC$ is a velocity defined by the current operator, $au$ is the decoherence time, $xi$ is the range of interactions, $D_0$ is a microscopically determined diffusivity and $alpha$ and $$ are precisely defined dimensionless coefficients. The bound constrains quantum transport by quantities that can either be obtained from the microscopic interactions ($D_0,v_{e}xtLR,v_{e}xtC,xi$) or else determined from independent local non-transport measurements ($$). We illustrate the general result with the case of a spin half XXZ chain with on-site dephasing. Our result generalizes the Lieb-Robinson bound to constrain the sub-ballistic diffusion of conserved densities in a dissipative setting.

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