Entanglement patterns of quantum chaotic Hamiltonians with a scalar U(1) charge
Abstract: Our current understanding of quantum chaos hinges on the random matrix behavior (RMT) of typical states in quantum many-body systems, particularly eigenstates and their energy level statistics. Although RMT has been remarkably successful in describing coarse' features of quantum states in chaotic regimes, it fails to capture theirfiner' features, particularly those arising from spatial locality and symmetries. Here, we show that we can accurately describe the behavior of eigenstate ensembles in physical systems by using RMT ensembles with constraints that capture the key features of the physical system. We demonstrate our approach on local spin Hamiltonians with a scalar U(1) charge. By constructing constrained RMT ensembles that account for two local scalar charges playing the role of energy and magnetization, we describe the patterns of entanglement of mid-spectrum eigenstates at all lengthscales and beyond their average behavior, analytically and numerically. When defining the correspondence between quantum chaos and RMT, our work clarifies that RMT ensembles must be constrained to account for all the features of the underlying Hamiltonian, particularly spatial locality and symmetries.
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