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arxiv: 2403.05197 · v3 · submitted 2024-03-08 · 🪐 quant-ph · cond-mat.stat-mech· hep-th

Generic ETH: Eigenstate Thermalization beyond the Microcanonical

Elena C\'aceres , Stefan Eccles , Jason Pollack , Sarah Racz This is my paper

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classification 🪐 quant-ph cond-mat.stat-mechhep-th
keywords Eigenstate Thermalization HypothesisQuantum ThermalizationQutrit Lattice ModelConserved Quasilocal ChargeMicrocanonical EnsembleGeneric ETHMany-Body Quantum Dynamics
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A qutrit lattice model shows thermalization signatures even in states far outside standard energy and charge microcanonical windows.

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The paper tests the Eigenstate Thermalization Hypothesis by constructing a qutrit lattice with a conserved quasilocal charge. It verifies a generalized version of ETH in this setting and finds that observables relax toward thermal values in states that lie well outside the usual microcanonical windows for both energy and charge. The authors label this extension generic ETH. If correct, the result means that thermalization can occur for a broader class of initial conditions than the narrow energy shells typically assumed.

Core claim

In a qutrit lattice system with conserved quasilocal charge, the authors observe signatures of thermalization in states well outside microcanonical windows of both charge and energy and thereby establish a form of generic ETH that extends beyond the standard microcanonical ensemble.

What carries the argument

The qutrit lattice model with conserved quasilocal charge, which permits verification of generalized eigenstate thermalization outside conventional energy and charge windows.

If this is right

  • Thermalization signatures appear without requiring the system to occupy a narrow energy or charge shell.
  • Generalized eigenstate thermalization holds in the presence of an additional conserved quasilocal charge.
  • The standard microcanonical restriction of ETH can be relaxed while still recovering thermal statistics for local observables.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • Similar behavior may appear in other lattice models that possess quasilocal conserved quantities.
  • Initial states prepared with broad energy and charge distributions could still thermalize under generic ETH.
  • The result invites direct checks of thermalization rates as a function of distance from the microcanonical window.

Load-bearing premise

The chosen qutrit lattice model with its conserved quasilocal charge is representative enough that its thermalization behavior generalizes beyond this specific system.

What would settle it

Numerical or experimental data showing that observables fail to relax to thermal expectation values in states outside the microcanonical windows of the same or closely analogous lattice models.

read the original abstract

The Eigenstate Thermalization Hypothesis (ETH) has played a key role in recent advances in the high energy and condensed matter communities. It explains how an isolated quantum system in a far-from-equilibrium initial state can evolve to a state that is indistinguishable from thermal equilibrium, with observables relaxing to almost time-independent results that can be described using traditional statistical mechanics ensembles. In this work we probe the limits of ETH, pushing it outside its prototypical applications in several directions. We design a qutrit lattice system with conserved quasilocal charge, in which we verify a form of generalized eigenstate thermalization. We also observe signatures of thermalization in states well outside microcanonical windows of both charge and energy, which we dub `generic ETH.'

Editorial analysis

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Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript designs a qutrit lattice model with a conserved quasilocal charge, verifies a form of generalized eigenstate thermalization in this system, and reports numerical signatures of thermalization for initial states lying well outside the joint microcanonical windows of both energy and charge; these signatures are labeled 'generic ETH'.

Significance. If the reported signatures are robust and the 'generic' designation can be substantiated beyond the specific model, the result would extend the domain of ETH to regimes with additional conserved quantities and non-microcanonical initial conditions, which is of interest to the many-body quantum dynamics community.

major comments (2)
  1. [Abstract and model definition] The central claim that the observed thermalization constitutes 'generic ETH' (abstract; title) rests on results from a single qutrit lattice with quasilocal charge conservation. No additional models are presented in which the quasilocal conservation law is removed or the local Hilbert-space dimension is altered, leaving open the possibility that the signatures are tied to the specific conservation structure rather than generic.
  2. [Numerical results] The numerical evidence for thermalization outside microcanonical windows (abstract) is stated without reference to system sizes, error bars, or the precise diagnostic used to quantify 'signatures of thermalization' (e.g., distance to thermal expectation values or variance of matrix elements). This information is required to assess whether the data support the claim that thermalization occurs 'well outside' the windows.
minor comments (1)
  1. [Model section] Notation for the quasilocal charge operator and the precise definition of the microcanonical windows should be introduced with an equation number in the model section for clarity.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

2 responses · 0 unresolved

We thank the referee for their careful reading of the manuscript and for the constructive comments. We address each major comment below.

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  1. Referee: [Abstract and model definition] The central claim that the observed thermalization constitutes 'generic ETH' (abstract; title) rests on results from a single qutrit lattice with quasilocal charge conservation. No additional models are presented in which the quasilocal conservation law is removed or the local Hilbert-space dimension is altered, leaving open the possibility that the signatures are tied to the specific conservation structure rather than generic.

    Authors: The term 'generic ETH' is used to denote eigenstate thermalization that applies to generic initial states lying outside the joint microcanonical windows of energy and the additional conserved charge, as opposed to the standard microcanonical setting. The qutrit lattice model with quasilocal charge was constructed precisely to realize and test this regime. While the results are obtained for this specific model, we maintain that the construction isolates the essential features associated with quasilocal conservation. To address the concern about generality, we will add a paragraph in the discussion clarifying the rationale for the model choice and the sense in which the observed behavior is expected to be representative. revision: partial

  2. Referee: [Numerical results] The numerical evidence for thermalization outside microcanonical windows (abstract) is stated without reference to system sizes, error bars, or the precise diagnostic used to quantify 'signatures of thermalization' (e.g., distance to thermal expectation values or variance of matrix elements). This information is required to assess whether the data support the claim that thermalization occurs 'well outside' the windows.

    Authors: The abstract is a concise summary and therefore omits technical details that appear in the main text, figures, and methods section. The diagnostics (including the distance of local observables to their thermal values), system sizes, and error estimates from disorder averaging are reported there. We will revise the abstract to include a brief reference to these elements and to direct readers to the relevant sections for the quantitative details. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No circularity: numerical verification of generalized ETH in specific model is self-contained

full rationale

The paper performs direct numerical simulations on a qutrit lattice model with conserved quasilocal charge to verify generalized eigenstate thermalization and observe thermalization signatures outside standard microcanonical windows. No equations, fitted parameters, or self-citations are presented that reduce the central observations to definitions or prior fits by construction. The claims rest on explicit computation of observables in the chosen model rather than any self-referential derivation chain, making the result independent of the patterns that would trigger circularity flags.

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