Bulk universality and quantum unique ergodicity for random band matrices in high dimensions

Abstract: We consider Hermitian random band matrices

H = (h_{x y})

on the

d

-dimensional lattice

(m a t h b b Z / L m a t h b b Z)^{d}

, where the entries

h_{x y} = o v e r l i n e h_{y x}

are independent centered complex Gaussian random variables with variances

s_{x y} = m a t h b b E | h_{x y} |^{2}

. The variance matrix

S = (s_{x y})

has a banded profile so that

s_{x y}

is negligible if

| x - y |

exceeds the band width

W

. For dimensions

d g e 7

, we prove the bulk eigenvalue universality of

H

under the condition

W g g L^{95 / (d + 95)}

. Assuming that

W g e q L^{e} p s i l o n

for a small constant

e p s i l o n > 0

, we also prove the quantum unique ergodicity for the bulk eigenvectors of

H

and a sharp local law for the Green's function

G (z) = (H - z)^{- 1}

up to

m a t h r m I m, z g g W^{- 5} L^{5 - d}

. The local law implies that the bulk eigenvector entries of

H

are of order

m a t h r m O (W^{- 5 / 2} L^{- d / 2 + 5 / 2})

with high probability.

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