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Approximating observables on eigenstates of large many-body localized systems

Kulshreshtha, AK; Pal, A; Wahl, TB; Simon, SH; (2019) Approximating observables on eigenstates of large many-body localized systems. Physical Review B , 99 (10) , Article 104201. 10.1103/PhysRevB.99.104201. Green open access

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Abstract

Eigenstates of fully many-body localized (FMBL) systems can be organized into spin algebras based on quasilocal operators called l bits. These spin algebras define quasilocal l -bit measurement ( τ z i ) and l -bit flip ( τ x i ) operators. For a disordered Heisenberg spin chain in the MBL regime we approximate l -bit flip operators by first calculating them exactly on small windows of systems using an algorithm called operator localization optimization. We then extend the l -bit operators onto the whole system by exploiting their quasilocal nature. We subsequently use these operators to represent approximate eigenstates of the Hamiltonian. Finally, we describe a method to calculate products of local observables on these eigenstates for systems of size L in O ( L 2 ) time. This method is used to calculate the variance of the energy of the approximate eigenstates, yielding an estimate of the error of the approximation.

Type: Article
Title: Approximating observables on eigenstates of large many-body localized systems
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.99.104201
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.99.104201
Language: English
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Keywords: Science & Technology, Technology, Physical Sciences, Materials Science, Multidisciplinary, Physics, Applied, Physics, Condensed Matter, Materials Science, Physics
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Physics and Astronomy
URI: https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10084468
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