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Density Propagator for Many-Body Localization: Finite-Size Effects, Transient Subdiffusion, and Exponential Decay
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Bera, Soumya, De Tomasi, Giuseppe, Weiner, Felix and Evers, Ferdinand
(2017)
Density Propagator for Many-Body Localization: Finite-Size Effects, Transient Subdiffusion, and Exponential Decay.
Physical Review Letters 118 (19), p. 196801.
DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.46115
Abstract
We investigate charge relaxation in quantum wires of spinless disordered fermions (t−V model). Our observable is the time-dependent density propagator Πϵ(x,t), calculated in windows of different energy density ϵ of the many-body Hamiltonian and at different disorder strengths W, not exceeding the critical value Wc. The width Δxϵ(t) of Πϵ(x,t) exhibits a behavior dlnΔxϵ(t)/dlnt=βϵ(t), where the ...
We investigate charge relaxation in quantum wires of spinless disordered fermions (t−V model). Our observable is the time-dependent density propagator Πϵ(x,t), calculated in windows of different energy density ϵ of the many-body Hamiltonian and at different disorder strengths W, not exceeding the critical value Wc. The width Δxϵ(t) of Πϵ(x,t) exhibits a behavior dlnΔxϵ(t)/dlnt=βϵ(t), where the exponent function βϵ(t)≲1/2 is seen to depend strongly on L at all investigated parameter combinations. (i) We confirm the existence of a region in phase space that exhibits subdiffusive dynamics in the sense that βϵ(t)<1/2 in a large window of times. However, subdiffusion might possibly be transient, only, finally giving way to a conventional diffusive behavior with βϵ=1/2. (ii) We cannot confirm the existence of many-body mobility edges even in regions of the phase diagram that have been reported to be deep in the delocalized phase. (iii) (Transient) subdiffusion 0<βϵ(t)≲1/2 coexists with an enhanced probability for returning to the origin Πϵ(0,t), decaying much slower than 1/Δxϵ(t). Correspondingly, the spatial decay of Πϵ(x,t) is far from Gaussian, being exponential or even slower. On a phenomenological level, our findings are broadly consistent with the effects of strong disorder and (fractal) Griffiths regions.
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| Item type | Article | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title | Physical Review Letters | ||||
| Publisher | American Physical Society (APS) | ||||
| Open Access Type | Due to SHERPA/RoMEO | ||||
| Volume | 118 | ||||
| Number of Issue or Book Chapter | 19 | ||||
| Page Range | p. 196801 | ||||
| Date | 12 May 2017 | ||||
| Date of publication | 25 Jun 2021 04:44 | ||||
| Institutions | Physics > Institute of Theroretical Physics > Chair Ferdinand Evers | ||||
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | 500 Science > 530 Physics | ||||
| Status | Published | ||||
| Refereed | Yes, this version has been refereed | ||||
| Created at the University of Regensburg | Partially | ||||
| URN of the UB Regensburg | urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-461159 | ||||
| Item ID | 46115 |
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