Exponentially slow thermalization and the robustness of Hilbert space fragmentation

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2401.11294v1
• Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2024 18:40:20 GMT
• Title: Exponentially slow thermalization and the robustness of Hilbert space fragmentation
• Authors: Yiqiu Han, Xiao Chen, Ethan Lake
• Abstract summary: We study how thermalization occurs in situations where the constraints are not exact. For product states quenched under Hamiltonian dynamics, we numerically observe an exponentially long thermalization time. Slow thermalization in this model is shown to be a consequence of strong bottlenecks in configuration space.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: The phenomenon of Hilbert space fragmentation, whereby dynamical constraints fragment Hilbert space into many disconnected sectors, provides a simple mechanism by which thermalization can be arrested. However, little is known about how thermalization occurs in situations where the constraints are not exact. To study this, we consider a situation in which a fragmented 1d chain with pair-flip constraints is coupled to a thermal bath at its boundary. For product states quenched under Hamiltonian dynamics, we numerically observe an exponentially long thermalization time, manifested in both entanglement dynamics and the relaxation of local observables. To understand this, we study an analogous model of random unitary circuit dynamics, where we rigorously prove that the thermalization time scales exponentially with system size. Slow thermalization in this model is shown to be a consequence of strong bottlenecks in configuration space, demonstrating a new way of producing anomalously slow thermalization dynamics.

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