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.

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Physical review. B./Physical review. B
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2025-09-09
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https://doi.org/10.1103/g5y8-jfb2
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Quantum many-body systems
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Infinite Grassmann time-evolving matrix product operators for quantum impurity problems after a quench

Chu Guo, Ruofan Chen, Zhijie Sun, Zhenyu Li
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Infinite Grassmann time-evolving matrix product operators for quantum impurity problems after a quench

Chu Guo, Ruofan Chen, Zhijie Sun, Zhenyu Li
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Abstract

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.

Physical review. B./Physical review. BVol. 112(12)
University of Science and Technology of China (CN), Hunan Normal University (CN), Sichuan Normal University (CN)
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Quantum many-body systems
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