Infinite Grassmann time-evolving matrix product operators for quantum impurity problems after a quench
An emergent numerical approach to solve quantum impurity problems is to encode the impurity path integral as a matrix product state (MPS). For time-dependent problems, the cost of this approach generally scales with the evolution time. Here, we consider a common nonequilibrium scenario where an impurity, initially in equilibrium with a thermal bath, is driven out of equilibrium by a sudden quench of the impurity Hamiltonian. Despite no time-translational invariance in the problem, we show that we could still make full use of the infinite MPS technique, resulting in a method whose cost is essentially independent of the evolution time. We demonstrate the effectiveness of this method in the integrable case against exact diagonalization and against existing calculations on the L-shaped Kadanoff-Baym contour in the general case. Our method could be a very competitive method for studying long-time nonequilibrium quantum dynamics and potentially used as an efficient impurity solver in the nonequilibrium dynamical mean field theory.
Authors
- Chu Guo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3411-3076)
- Ruofan Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3102-3833)
- Zhijie Sun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-5289-622X)
- Zhenyu Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0185-676X)
Institutions
- University of Science and Technology of China (CN)
- Hunan Normal University (CN)
- Sichuan Normal University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical review. B./Physical review. B
- Published
- 2025-09-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/g5y8-jfb2
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Quantum many-body systems
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.49