Saddle-point scrambling without thermalisation

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2010.08093v2
• Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2021 07:56:32 GMT
• Title: Saddle-point scrambling without thermalisation
• Authors: R. A. Kidd, A. Safavi-Naini, J. F. Corney
• Abstract summary: Out-of-time-order correlators (OTOCs) have proven to be a useful tool for studying thermalisation in quantum systems. In particular, the exponential growth of OTOCS, or scrambling, is sometimes taken as an indicator of chaos in quantum systems. We show that OTOC growth driven by chaos can, nonetheless, be distinguished from that driven by saddle points through the long-term behaviour.
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• Abstract: Out-of-time-order correlators (OTOCs) have proven to be a useful tool for studying thermalisation in quantum systems. In particular, the exponential growth of OTOCS, or scrambling, is sometimes taken as an indicator of chaos in quantum systems, despite the fact that saddle points in integrable systems can also drive rapid growth in OTOCs. By analysing the Dicke model and a driven Bose-Hubbard dimer, we demonstrate that the OTOC growth driven by chaos can, nonetheless, be distinguished from that driven by saddle points through the long-term behaviour. Besides quantitative differences in the long-term average, the saddle point gives rise to large oscillations not observed in the chaotic case. The differences are also highlighted by entanglement entropy, which in the chaotic driven dimer matches a Page curve prediction. These results illustrate additional markers that can be used to distinguish chaotic behaviour in quantum systems, beyond the initial exponential growth in OTOCs.

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