Eigenstate Localization in a Many-Body Quantum System
We prove the existence of extensive many-body Hamiltonians with few-body interactions and a many-body mobility edge: all eigenstates below a nonzero energy density are localized in an exponentially small fraction of "energetically allowed configurations" within Hilbert space. Our construction is based on quantum perturbations to a classical low-density parity check code. In principle, it is possible to detect this eigenstate localization by measuring few-body correlation functions in efficiently preparable mixed states.
Authors
- Andrew Lucas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3098-5683)
- Rahul Nandkishore (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5703-6758)
- Chao Yin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3379-310X)
Institutions
- University of Colorado Boulder (US)
- University of Colorado System (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical Review Letters
- Published
- 2024-09-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.133.137101
- Citations
- 11
- Primary Topic
- Quantum many-body systems
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.71
Funders
- U.S. Department of Energy
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research