Arithmetic Tuning of Dynamical Critical Exponents in Quasiperiodic Localization Transitions

Abstract

The critical exponents and universality classes of localization transitions in quasiperiodic systems are of fundamental importance for understanding critical phenomena in aperiodic systems. Here we show that the dynamical critical behavior can be tuned without adding new terms or changing the form of the Hamiltonian, but solely by varying the incommensurate frequency of the quasiperiodic onsite potential. We construct a family of incommensurate frequencies from the limiting ratios of generalized Fibonacci sequences controlled by the parameters $(m,n)$, and use them to define the quasiperiodic onsite potential. By combining generalized fidelity susceptibility, localization-length scaling, and finite-size gap analysis, we find that the correlation-length exponent is insensitive to the choice of the incommensurate frequency and remains consistent with the correlation-length critical exponent, $\nu \simeq 1$, in the localization transition of the standard Aubry--Andr'e--Harper model. In contrast, the dynamical exponent extracted from the low-energy gap scaling varies systematically with the incommensurate frequency. Our results show that changing the incommensurate frequency provides a simple way to tune dynamical critical scaling in deterministic aperiodic systems. Our results suggest instead that the arithmetic structure of an irrational number can serve as a control parameter for nonequilibrium quantum dynamics, enabling the tuning of dynamical critical behavior without changing the microscopic Hamiltonian or the physical spatial dimension.

11 pages, 8 figures; published in Physical Review A

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