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Breakdown of Thermalization from Real-Time Dynamics in the Two-Dimensional Hubbard Model

URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2606.05293v1
Date: Wed, 03 Jun 2026 18:00:05 GMT
Title: Breakdown of Thermalization from Real-Time Dynamics in the Two-Dimensional Hubbard Model
Abstract summary: Thermalization in strongly correlated fermionic systems remains a central open problem in quantum many-body physics.<n>In this work, we investigate the real-time dynamics and the approach to thermalization in the two-dimensional Hubbard model.
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Abstract: Thermalization in strongly correlated fermionic systems remains a central open problem in quantum many-body physics. In this work, we investigate the real-time dynamics and the approach to thermalization in the two-dimensional Hubbard model, a paradigmatic framework for correlated electrons, relevant to high-temperature superconductivity and ultracold quantum simulation. Focusing on the half-filled square lattice, we monitor the time evolution of the double occupancy following a quench in the on-site interaction $U$, and assess whether its long-time value is captured by a canonical thermal ensemble. We employ time-dependent variational Monte Carlo methods combined with transformer-based Neural-Network Quantum States to accurately describe the nonequilibrium dynamics of fermions, especially for the behavior at long times, thereby accessing regimes that were previously inaccessible to numerical simulations. Our results reveal two distinct dynamical behaviors: for weak to intermediate interactions, the long-time double occupancy agrees with the thermal prediction, consistent with ergodic relaxation; beyond a critical interaction $U_{C}$, the dynamics deviate markedly from the thermal expectation, revealing clear signatures of thermalization breaking. These results establish numerical simulation as a powerful tool to probe nonequilibrium quantum phenomena in correlated fermionic matter.

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