Degenerate observables and the many Eigenstate Thermalization Hypotheses
arXiv:1708.02881 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.150603
Abstract
Under unitary time evolution, expectation values of physically reasonable observables often evolve towards the predictions of equilibrium statistical mechanics. The eigenstate thermalization hypothesis (ETH) states that this is also true already for individual energy eigenstates. Here we aim at elucidating the emergence of ETH for observables that can realistically be measured due to their high degeneracy, such as local, extensive or macroscopic observables. We bisect this problem into two parts, a condition on the relative overlaps and one on the relative phases between the eigenbases of the observable and Hamiltonian.
Comments are highly welcome. 6 pages + Appendices
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