Spectral Form Factor of Gapped Random Matrix Systems

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2601.20954v1
• Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 19:00:06 GMT
• Title: Spectral Form Factor of Gapped Random Matrix Systems
• Authors: Krishan Saraswat,
• Abstract summary: We study the spectral form factor of random matrix models with degenerate ground states and a macroscopic gap in the spectrum.<n>We show that, at sufficiently low temperatures, the spectral form factor is dominated by the disconnected contribution.<n>We predict how the ramp will transition to a plateau in the connected form factor and demonstrate how the transition depends on the details of the leading spectral density of states.
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• Abstract: In this work, we study the spectral form factor of random matrix models which exhibit a large number of degenerate ground states accompanied by a macroscopic gap in the spectrum. The central aim of this work is to understand how the standard narrative about the behavior of the spectral form factor is modified in the presence of these parametrically large number of ground states. We show that, at sufficiently low temperatures, the spectral form factor is dominated by the disconnected contribution, even at arbitrarily late times. Moreover, we demonstrate that the connected form factor only depends on the eigenvalues of the non-degenerate sector. Using the Christoffel-Darboux kernel, we analyze a number of examples including the Bessel model and $\mathcal{N}=2$ Jackiw-Teitelboim supergravity. In these examples, we find damped oscillations in the disconnected form factor, with a period set by the inverse size of the gap. Furthermore, we demonstrate that the slope of the ramp in the connected form factor arises from a universal sine-kernel, which emerges from a truncation of the full non-perturbative kernel in the $\hbar \to 0$ limit, and find agreement with the leading double trumpet result. Finally, we present predictions for how the ramp will transition to a plateau in the connected form factor and demonstrate how the transition depends on the details of the leading spectral density of states.

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