Quasi-many-body localization of interacting fermions with long-range couplings

Autor: S. J. Thomson, M. Schiró
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Physical Review Research, Vol 2, Iss 4, p 043368 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2643-1564
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.043368
Popis: A number of experimental platforms for quantum simulations of disordered quantum matter, from dipolar systems to trapped ions, involve degrees of freedom which are coupled by power-law decaying hoppings or interactions, yet the interplay of disorder and interactions in these systems is far less understood than in their short-ranged counterpart. Here, we consider a prototype model of interacting fermions with disordered long-ranged hoppings and interactions and use the flow equation approach to map out its dynamical phase diagram as a function of hopping and interaction exponents. We demonstrate that the flow equation technique is ideally suited to problems involving long-range couplings due to its ability to accurately simulate very large system sizes. We show that at large on-site disorder and for short-range interactions, a transition from a delocalized phase to a quasi-many-body localized (MBL) phase exists as the hopping range is decreased. This quasi-MBL phase is characterized by intriguing properties such as a set of emergent conserved quantities which decay algebraically with distance. Surprisingly, we find that a crossover between delocalized and quasi-MBL phases survives even in the presence of long-range interactions.
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