Equilibration of Isolated Systems: investigating the role of coarse-graining on the initial state magnetization
arXiv:2305.11985 · doi:10.1016/j.physleta.2023.129276
Abstract
Many theoretical and experimental results show that even isolated quantum systems evolving unitarily may equilibrate, since the evolution of some observables may be around an equilibrium value with negligible fluctuations most of the time. There are rigorous theorems giving the conditions for such equilibration to happen. In particular, initial states prepared with a lack of resolution in the energy will equilibrate. We investigate how equilibration may be affected by a lack of resolution, or coarse-graining, in the magnetization of the initial state. In particular, for a chaotic spin chain and using exact diagonalization, we show that the level of equilibration of an initial state with a coarse, not well-defined magnetization is different from the level of an initial state with well-defined magnetization. This difference will depend on the degree of coarse-graining and the direction of magnetization. We also analyze the time for the system to reach equilibrium, showing good agreement with theoretical estimates and with some evidence that less resolution leads to faster equilibration. Our study highlights the crucial role of initial state preparation in the equilibration dynamics of quantum systems and provides new insights into the fundamental nature of equilibration in closed systems.
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