Mean field theory of failed thermalizing avalanches
arXiv:2204.09688 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.106.184208
Abstract
We show that localization in quasiperiodically modulated, two-dimensional systems is stable to the presence of a finite density of ergodic grains. This contrasts with the case of randomly modulated systems, where such grains seed thermalizing avalanches. These results are obtained within a quantitatively accurate, self-consistent entanglement mean field theory which analytically describes two level systems connected to a central ergodic grain. The theory predicts the distribution of entanglement entropies of each two level system across eigenstates, and the late time values of dynamical observables. In addition to recovering the known phenomenology of avalanches, the theory reproduces exact diagonalization data, and predicts the spatial profile of the thermalized region when the avalanche fails.
arXiv comment13 pages, 5 figures
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