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Typical thermalization of low-entanglement states

URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2403.18007v4
Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2024 14:31:36 GMT
Title: Typical thermalization of low-entanglement states
Authors: Christian Bertoni, Clara Wassner, Giacomo Guarnieri, Jens Eisert,
Abstract summary: We prove thermalization of low entanglement initial states under precise conditions. We define a random energy smoothing on local Hamiltonians that leads to local thermalization when the initial state has low entanglement.
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License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Abstract: Proving thermalization from the unitary evolution of a closed quantum system is one of the oldest questions that is still nowadays only partially resolved. Several efforts have led to various formulations of what is called the eigenstate thermalization hypothesis, which leads to thermalization under certain conditions on the initial states. These conditions, however, are sensitive to the precise formulation of the hypothesis. In this work, we focus on the important case of low entanglement initial states, which are operationally accessible in many natural physical settings, including experimental schemes for testing thermalization and for quantum simulation. We prove thermalization of these states under precise conditions that have operational significance. More specifically, motivated by arguments of unavoidable finite resolution, we define a random energy smoothing on local Hamiltonians that leads to local thermalization when the initial state has low entanglement. Finally we show that such a transformation affects neither the Gibbs state locally nor, under generic smoothness conditions on the spectrum, the short-time dynamics.

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