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Quasi-symmetry groups and many-body scar dynamics

arXiv:2007.10380 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.120604

Abstract

In quantum systems, a subspace spanned by degenerate eigenvectors of the Hamiltonian may have higher symmetries than those of the Hamiltonian itself. When this enhanced-symmetry group can be generated from local operators, we call it a quasi-symmetry group. When the group is a Lie group, an external field coupled to certain generators of the quasi-symmetry group lifts the degeneracy, and results in exactly periodic dynamics within the degenerate subspace, namely the many-body-scar dynamics (given that Hamiltonian is non-integrable). We provide two related schemes for constructing one-dimensional spin models having on-demand quasi-symmetry groups, with exact periodic evolution of a pre-chosen product or matrix-product state under certain external fields.

arXiv comment23 pages, 9 figures, accepted version

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