Krylov exponents and power spectra for maximal quantum chaos: an EFT approach

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2508.05444v2
• Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 14:29:15 GMT
• Title: Krylov exponents and power spectra for maximal quantum chaos: an EFT approach
• Abstract summary: We test the relationship between two measures of quantum chaos: out-of-time-ordered correlators (OTOCs) and Krylov complexity.<n>We find that shift symmetry alone is insufficient to enforce maximal Krylov exponents even when the Lyapunov exponent is maximal.<n>We identify autocorrelator solutions whose power spectra closely resemble the so-called thermal product formula seen in holographic systems.
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• Abstract: We examine the effective field theory (EFT) of maximal chaos through the lens of Krylov complexity and the Universal Operator Growth Hypothesis. We test the relationship between two measures of quantum chaos: out-of-time-ordered correlators (OTOCs) and Krylov complexity. In the EFT, a shift symmetry of the hydrodynamic modes enforces the maximal Lyapunov exponent in OTOCs, $\lambda_L = 2\pi T$, while simultaneously constraining thermal two-point autocorrelators. We solve these constraints on the autocorrelator, and calculate the Lanczos coefficients and Krylov exponents for several examples, finding both $\lambda_K = \lambda_L$ and $\lambda_K = \lambda_L/2$. This demonstrates that, within the EFT, the shift symmetry alone is insufficient to enforce maximal Krylov exponents even when the Lyapunov exponent is maximal. In particular, this result suggests a tension with the conjectured bound $\lambda_L \leq \lambda_K \leq 2\pi T$. Finally, we identify autocorrelator solutions whose power spectra closely resemble the so-called thermal product formula seen in holographic systems.

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