Eigenstate thermalization hypothesis in quantum dimer models
Eigenstate thermalization hypothesis in quantum dimer models
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量子二聚体模型中的本征态热化假说
DOI:
10.1103/physrevb.96.115140
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发表时间:
2017
影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
Lan Z
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作者:
Lan Z
We use exact diagonalization to study the eigenstate thermalization hypothesis (ETH) in the quantum dimer model on the square and triangular lattices. Due to the nonergodicity of the local plaquette-flip dynamics, the Hilbert space, which consists of highly constrained close-packed dimer configurations, splits into sectors characterized by topological invariants. We show that this has important consequences for ETH: We find that ETH is clearly satisfied only when each topological sector is treated separately, and only for moderate ratios of the potential and kinetic terms in the Hamiltonian. By contrast, when the spectrum is treated as a whole, ETH breaks down on the square lattice and, apparently, also on the triangular lattice. These results demonstrate that quantum dimer models have interesting thermalization dynamics.