Observation of quantum thermalization restricted to Hilbert space fragments

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2403.09517v2
• Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 22:18:21 GMT
• Title: Observation of quantum thermalization restricted to Hilbert space fragments
• Authors: Luheng Zhao, Prithvi Raj Datla, Weikun Tian, Mohammad Mujahid Aliyu, Huanqian Loh,
• Abstract summary: Out-of-equilibrium quantum systems have long been understood to either thermalize or retain memory of their initial states, but not both. Here we achieve the first coexistence of thermalization and memory in a quantum system. Results may be applied to control entanglement dynamics in quantum processors and quantum sensors.
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• Abstract: Quantum thermalization occurs in a broad class of systems from elementary particles to complex materials. Out-of-equilibrium quantum systems have long been understood to either thermalize or retain memory of their initial states, but not both. Here we achieve the first coexistence of thermalization and memory in a quantum system, where we use both Rydberg blockade and facilitation in an atom array to engineer a fragmentation of the Hilbert space into exponentially many disjointed subspaces. We find that the kinetically constrained system yields quantum many-body scars arising from the $\mathbb{Z}_{2k}$ class of initial states, which generalizes beyond the $\mathbb{Z}_{2}$ scars previously reported in other quantum systems. When bringing multiple long-range interactions into resonance, we observe quantum thermalization restricted to Hilbert space fragments, where the thermalized system retains characteristics of the initial configuration. Intriguingly, states belonging to different subspaces do not thermalize with each other even when they have the same energy. Our work challenges established ideas of quantum thermalization while experimentally resolving the longstanding tension between thermalization and memory. These results may be applied to control entanglement dynamics in quantum processors and quantum sensors.

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