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Steinhuber, Mathias ; Schlagheck, Peter ; Urbina, Juan Diego ; Richter, Klaus

Dynamical transition from localized to uniform scrambling in locally hyperbolic systems

Steinhuber, Mathias , Schlagheck, Peter , Urbina, Juan Diego und Richter, Klaus (2023) Dynamical transition from localized to uniform scrambling in locally hyperbolic systems. Phys. Rev. E 108 (2), 024216.

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Fast scrambling of quantum correlations, reflected by the exponential growth of out-of-time-order correlators (OTOCs) on short pre-Ehrenfest time scales, is commonly considered as a major quantum signature of unstable dynamics in quantum systems with a classical limit. In two recent works [Phys. Rev. Lett. 123, 160401 (2019)] and [Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 140602 (2020)], a significant difference in ...

Fast scrambling of quantum correlations, reflected by the exponential growth of out-of-time-order correlators (OTOCs) on short pre-Ehrenfest time scales, is commonly considered as a major quantum signature of unstable dynamics in quantum systems with a classical limit. In two recent works [Phys. Rev. Lett. 123, 160401 (2019)] and [Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 140602 (2020)], a significant difference in the scrambling rate of integrable (many-body) systems was observed, depending on the initial state being semiclassically localized around unstable fixed points or fully delocalized (infinite temperature). Specifically, the quantum Lyapunov exponent λq quantifying the OTOC growth is given, respectively, by λq=2λs or λq=λs in terms of the stability exponent λs of the hyperbolic fixed point. Here we show that a wave packet, initially localized around this fixed point, features a distinct dynamical transition between these two regions. We present an analytical semiclassical approach providing a physical picture of this phenomenon, and support our findings by extensive numerical simulations in the whole parameter range of locally unstable dynamics of a Bose-Hubbard dimer. Our results suggest that the existence of this crossover is a hallmark of unstable separatrix dynamics in integrable systems, thus opening the possibility to distinguish the latter, on the basis of this particular observable, from genuine chaotic dynamics generally featuring uniform exponential growth of the OTOC.



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DokumentenartArtikel
Titel eines Journals oder einer ZeitschriftPhys. Rev. E
Verlag:American Physical Society
Band:108
Nummer des Zeitschriftenheftes oder des Kapitels:2
Seitenbereich:024216
Datum16 Mai 2023
InstitutionenPhysik > Institut für Theoretische Physik > Lehrstuhl Professor Richter > Arbeitsgruppe Klaus Richter
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10.1103/PhysRevE.108.024216DOI
2303.14839arXiv-ID
Dewey-Dezimal-Klassifikation500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 530 Physik
StatusVeröffentlicht
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An der Universität Regensburg entstandenZum Teil
URN der UB Regensburgurn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-546092
Dokumenten-ID54609

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