Trade-off between diagonal and off-diagonal elements in the eigenstate thermalization hypothesis

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2407.08297v3
• Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2025 05:06:08 GMT
• Title: Trade-off between diagonal and off-diagonal elements in the eigenstate thermalization hypothesis
• Authors: Zhiqiang Huang,
• Abstract summary: We introduce an observable-independent measure of distinguishability based on the variance of a rescaled local operator.<n>We show that exponential growth in the number of off-diagonal terms enforces their suppression, indirectly constraining diagonal deviations.
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• Abstract: To bypass the reliance on local observables in verifying the eigenstate thermalization hypothesis (ETH), we introduce an observable-independent measure of distinguishability based on the variance of a rescaled local operator. We establish a universal trade-off relation between the diagonal and off-diagonal elements of this measure, rigorously connecting it to eigenstate typicality and spatially averaged observables. This trade-off reveals that exponential growth in the number of off-diagonal terms enforces their suppression, indirectly constraining diagonal deviations. Numerical simulations on a one-dimensional Ising spin chain with tunable transverse and longitudinal fields demonstrate stark contrasts between integrable and non-integrable regimes: While off-diagonal elements are universally suppressed with system size, diagonal suppression fails in integrable systems due to the absence of chaotic dynamics. Our results unify subsystem ETH, weak ETH, and macroscopic observables under a single framework, offering new insights into thermalization mechanisms.

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