A Large Deviation Principle in Many-Body Quantum Dynamics

We consider the many-body quantum evolution of a factorized initial data, in the mean-field regime. We show that fluctuations around the limiting Hartree dynamics satisfy large deviation estimates that are consistent with central limit theorems that have been established in the last years.

Many-body quantum dynamics slows down at low density

We study quantum many-body systems with a global U(1) conservation law, focusing on a theory of N interacting fermions with charge conservation, or N interacting spins with one conserved component of total spin. We define an effective operator size at finite chemical potential through suitably regularized out-of-time-ordered correlation functions. The growth rate of this density-dependent operator size vanishes algebraically with charge density; hence we obtain new bounds on Lyapunov exponents and butterfly velocities in charged systems at a given density, which are parametrically stronger than any Lieb-Robinson bound. We argue that the density dependence of our bound on the Lyapunov exponent is saturated in the charged Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev model. We also study random automaton quantum circuits and Brownian Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev models, each of which exhibit a different density dependence for the Lyapunov exponent, and explain the discrepancy. We propose that our results are a cartoon for understanding Planckian-limited energy-conserving dynamics at finite temperature.

Pairon Green’s function for high-Tc superconductors

Considering the many-body quantum dynamics, the pairon Green’s function has been developed via a Hamiltonian that encompasses the contribution of pairons, pairon-phonon interactions, anharmonicities, and defects. To obtain the renormalized pairon energy dispersion, the most relevant Born–Mayer–Huggins potential has been taken into account. The Fermi surface for the representative [Formula: see text] high-[Formula: see text] superconductor has been obtained via renormalized pairon energy relation. This revealed the [Formula: see text]-shape superconducting gap with a nodal point along [Formula: see text] direction. Further, the superconducting gap equation has been derived using the pairon density of states. The developed gap equation is the function of temperature, Fermi energy, and renormalized pairon energy. The temperature variation of the gap equation is found to be in good agreement with the BCS gap equation. Also, this reveals the reduced gap ratio ([Formula: see text] for [Formula: see text]) in the limit (5–8) of the reduced gap ratio designated for high-[Formula: see text] superconductors.

Simulating quantum many-body dynamics on a current digital quantum computer

Universal quantum computers are potentially an ideal setting for simulating many-body quantum dynamics that is out of reach for classical digital computers. We use state-of-the-art IBM quantum computers to study paradigmatic examples of condensed matter physics—we simulate the effects of disorder and interactions on quantum particle transport, as well as correlation and entanglement spreading. Our benchmark results show that the quality of the current machines is below what is necessary for quantitatively accurate continuous-time dynamics of observables and reachable system sizes are small comparable to exact diagonalization. Despite this, we are successfully able to demonstrate clear qualitative behaviour associated with localization physics and many-body interaction effects.