Many-body localization caused by temporal disorder
arXiv:1706.09791 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.96.140201
Abstract
The many-body localization (MBL) is commonly related to a strong spatial disorder. We show that MBL may alternatively be generated by adding a temporal disorder to periodically driven many-body systems. We reach this conclusion by mapping the evolution of such systems on the dynamics of the time-independent, disordered, Hubbard-like models. Our result opens the way to experimental studies of MBL in systems that reveal crystalline structures in the time domain. In particular, we discuss two relevant setups which can be implemented in experiments on ultra-cold atomic gases.
6 pages, 2 figures, version accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. B as a Rapid Communication
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