Critically slow operator dynamics in constrained many-body systems

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2106.05292v2
• Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2022 17:06:31 GMT
• Title: Critically slow operator dynamics in constrained many-body systems
• Authors: Johannes Feldmeier, Michael Knap
• Abstract summary: We show that in certain constrained many-body systems the structure of conservation laws can cause a drastic modification of this universal behavior. We identify a critical point with sub-ballistically moving OTOC front, that separates a ballistic from a dynamically frozen phase.
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• Abstract: The far-from-equilibrium dynamics of generic interacting quantum systems is characterized by a handful of universal guiding principles, among them the ballistic spreading of initially local operators. Here, we show that in certain constrained many-body systems the structure of conservation laws can cause a drastic modification of this universal behavior. As an example, we study operator growth characterized by out-of-time-order correlations (OTOCs) in a dipole-conserving fracton chain. We identify a critical point with sub-ballistically moving OTOC front, that separates a ballistic from a dynamically frozen phase. This critical point is tied to an underlying localization transition and we use its associated scaling properties to derive an effective description of the moving operator front via a biased random walk with long waiting times. We support our arguments numerically using classically simulable automaton circuits.

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