Enhancing Revivals via Projective Measurements in a Quantum Scarred System
Quantum many-body scarred systems exhibit atypical dynamical behavior, evading thermalization and featuring periodic state revivals. In this Letter, we investigate the impact of projective measurements on the dynamics in the scar subspace for the paradigmatic PXP model, revealing that they can either disrupt or enhance the revivals. Local measurements performed at random times rapidly erase the system's memory of its initial conditions, leading to fast steady state relaxation. In contrast, a periodic monitoring amplifies recurrences and preserves the coherent dynamics over extended timescales. We identify a measurement-induced phase resynchronization, countering the natural dephasing of quantum scars, as the key mechanism underlying this phenomenon.
Authors
- Alessandro Silva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5668-7134)
- Alessio Paviglianiti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2719-7080)
Institutions
- Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical Review Letters
- Published
- 2025-08-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/jf2f-wqkx
- Primary Topic
- Quantum many-body systems
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- QuantERA
- Ministero dell'Università e della Ricerca