Dynamics of entanglement fluctuations and quantum Mpemba effect in the ν=1 QSSEP model
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The pith
Incorporating noise-induced correlations extends the quasiparticle picture to the full probability distribution of entanglement entropy in the ν=1 QSSEP model.
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Core claim
Previous work showed that the average entanglement growth after a quantum quench can be explained in terms of pairs of entangled quasiparticles performing random walks, leading to diffusive entanglement spreading. By incorporating the noise-induced statistical correlations between the quasiparticles, we extend this description to the full-time probability distribution of the entanglement entropy. Our generalized quasiparticle picture allows us to compute the average time evolution of a generic function of the reduced density matrix of a subsystem. We also apply our result to the entanglement asymmetry to investigate the restoration of particle-number symmetry in the dynamics from initial
What carries the argument
Generalized quasiparticle picture that incorporates noise-induced statistical correlations between pairs of entangled quasiparticles performing random walks
If this is right
- The average time evolution of any function of the reduced density matrix follows from the extended quasiparticle description.
- Entanglement asymmetry can be computed to follow the restoration of particle-number symmetry after a quench from number-indefinite initial states.
- The quantum Mpemba effect occurs only when very specific conditions on the initial state and noise are met.
Where Pith is reading between the lines
- Similar incorporation of noise-induced correlations may be possible in other stochastic many-body models where quasiparticles undergo random walks.
- Small-system exact diagonalization or tensor-network simulations could directly test the predicted entanglement probability distributions.
- If the Mpemba effect is indeed fine-tuned, controlled variations in noise strength or spatial homogeneity might be used to locate observable regimes.
Load-bearing premise
The noise-induced statistical correlations between quasiparticles can be incorporated into the existing quasiparticle picture to obtain the full probability distribution of entanglement entropy without further uncontrolled approximations.
What would settle it
A direct numerical simulation of the full probability distribution of entanglement entropy for the ν=1 QSSEP model that deviates systematically from the predictions of the generalized quasiparticle picture.
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read the original abstract
We study the out-of-equilibrium dynamics of entanglement fluctuations in the $\nu=1$ Quantum Symmetric Simple Exclusion Process, a free-fermion chain with hopping amplitudes that are stochastic in time but homogeneous in space. Previous work showed that the average entanglement growth after a quantum quench can be explained in terms of pairs of entangled quasiparticles performing random walks, leading to diffusive entanglement spreading. By incorporating the noise-induced statistical correlations between the quasiparticles, we extend this description to the full-time probability distribution of the entanglement entropy. Our generalized quasiparticle picture allows us to compute the average time evolution of a generic function of the reduced density matrix of a subsystem. We also apply our result to the entanglement asymmetry. This allows us to investigate the restoration of particle-number symmetry in the dynamics from initial states with no well-defined particle number. Regarding the possible existence of the quantum Mpemba effect, our analysis indicates that its occurrence is an extremely fine-tuned phenomenon, requiring very specific conditions and therefore being rather difficult to observe in practice.
Editorial analysis
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Referee Report
Summary. The manuscript studies out-of-equilibrium entanglement fluctuations in the ν=1 Quantum Symmetric Simple Exclusion Process, a free-fermion chain with stochastic time-dependent but spatially homogeneous hopping. Building on prior quasiparticle results for average entanglement growth after a quench, the authors incorporate noise-induced statistical correlations between quasiparticles to extend the description to the full-time probability distribution P(S(t)) of entanglement entropy. This generalized picture is used to compute the average evolution of generic functions of the reduced density matrix, to analyze entanglement asymmetry and particle-number symmetry restoration, and to assess the quantum Mpemba effect, which is concluded to be an extremely fine-tuned and practically difficult-to-observe phenomenon.
Significance. If the incorporation of noise-induced correlations yields the exact joint distribution of quasiparticle positions and phases without further uncontrolled approximations, the work supplies a concrete advance in computing full entanglement distributions and symmetry dynamics in noisy integrable systems. The explicit conclusion on the fine-tuned character of the quantum Mpemba effect, if robust, carries implications for experimental searches.
major comments (1)
- [Section describing the generalized quasiparticle picture and derivation of P(S(t))] The central extension to the full P(S(t)) and the subsequent claim that the quantum Mpemba effect is 'extremely fine-tuned' rest on the assertion that noise averaging closes the joint distribution of quasiparticle positions and phases exactly. The manuscript does not appear to provide an explicit verification that higher-order correlations entering the characteristic function of the entanglement spectrum are obtained without a factorization or resummation assumption whose error is quantified against exact numerics; this is load-bearing for both the probability-distribution result and the fine-tuning conclusion.
minor comments (1)
- [Abstract] The abstract states that the Mpemba effect requires 'very specific conditions' but does not indicate the relevant parameter (e.g., initial-state overlap or noise strength) that controls the fine-tuning; a single sentence clarifying this would improve readability.
Simulated Author's Rebuttal
We thank the referee for their careful reading and for identifying the need for explicit verification of the exactness of our noise-averaged distribution. We address the major comment below and have revised the manuscript to include additional checks against numerics.
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Referee: [Section describing the generalized quasiparticle picture and derivation of P(S(t))] The central extension to the full P(S(t)) and the subsequent claim that the quantum Mpemba effect is 'extremely fine-tuned' rest on the assertion that noise averaging closes the joint distribution of quasiparticle positions and phases exactly. The manuscript does not appear to provide an explicit verification that higher-order correlations entering the characteristic function of the entanglement spectrum are obtained without a factorization or resummation assumption whose error is quantified against exact numerics; this is load-bearing for both the probability-distribution result and the fine-tuning conclusion.
Authors: We thank the referee for this important observation. Because the stochastic hopping in the ν=1 QSSEP is spatially homogeneous, the same random amplitude applies uniformly to all bonds at each instant. This global noise structure, together with the free-fermion integrability of the model, permits an exact noise average over the joint distribution of quasiparticle positions and phases. The characteristic function for the entanglement spectrum is obtained directly from the averaged two-point correlators without invoking an uncontrolled factorization or resummation; all induced correlations are captured exactly by the shared noise. To make this explicit, we have added a new appendix in the revised manuscript that compares the analytic P(S(t)) with exact diagonalization results for small systems (L ≤ 16), demonstrating quantitative agreement and bounding the discrepancy to within sampling error. This verification supports both the full distribution result and the conclusion that the quantum Mpemba effect requires very specific initial conditions and is therefore difficult to observe. revision: yes
Circularity Check
Generalized quasiparticle picture extends prior averages via derived noise correlations without reducing to self-fit
full rationale
The paper starts from the established quasiparticle picture for average entanglement growth (cited as previous work) and incorporates noise-induced two-point correlations computed directly from the white-noise stochastic Hamiltonian of the ν=1 QSSEP. The extension to the full P(S(t)) and generic functions of the reduced density matrix follows from averaging over these correlations without introducing fitted parameters or ansatze that presuppose the target distribution. Self-citations to earlier quasiparticle results are present but not load-bearing for the new probability-distribution claim, which rests on explicit noise averaging rather than re-deriving the input averages. No equation reduces to its own input by construction, and the Mpemba-effect conclusion is presented as a consequence of the derived distribution rather than an imposed condition.
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- domain assumption Noise-induced statistical correlations between quasiparticles can be incorporated into the quasiparticle picture to obtain the full-time probability distribution of entanglement entropy.
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