Enhancing entanglement asymmetry in fragmented quantum systems

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2603.02338v1
• Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2026 19:10:30 GMT
• Title: Enhancing entanglement asymmetry in fragmented quantum systems
• Authors: Lorenzo Gotta, Filiberto Ares, Sara Murciano,
• Abstract summary: Entanglement asymmetry provides a measure of symmetry breaking in many-body quantum states.<n>We show that the typical asymmetry is bounded by a specific fraction of its maximal value.<n>We reproduce recent findings on the entanglement asymmetry dynamics in random quantum circuits.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Entanglement asymmetry provides a quantitative measure of symmetry breaking in many-body quantum states. Focusing on inhomogeneous $U(1)$ charges, such as dipole and multipole moments, we show that the typical asymmetry is bounded by a specific fraction of its maximal value, and verify this behavior in several settings, including random matrix product states. Within the latter ensemble, by identifying the bond dimension with an effective time, we qualitatively reproduce recent findings on the entanglement asymmetry dynamics in random quantum circuits, thereby suggesting a universal dynamical structure of the asymmetry of $U(1)$ charges in local ergodic systems. Multipole charges naturally arise in systems with Hilbert-space fragmentation, where the dynamics splits into exponentially many disconnected sectors. Using the commutant algebra formalism, we generalize entanglement asymmetry to account for fragmentation. We derive general upper bounds for both conventional and fragmented symmetries and identify states that saturate them. While the asymmetry grows logarithmically for conventional symmetries, it can scale extensively in fragmented systems, providing a probe that distinguishes classical from genuinely quantum fragmentation.

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