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Equivalent of a Thouless energy in lattice QCD Dirac spectra
Random matrix theory (RMT) is a powerful statistical tool to model spectral
fluctuations. In addition, RMT provides efficient means to separate different
scales in spectra. Recently RMT has found application in quantum chromodynamics
(QCD). In mesoscopic physics, the Thouless energy sets the universal scale for
which RMT applies. We try to identify the equivalent of a Thouless energy in
complete spectra of the QCD Dirac operator with staggered fermions and
lattice gauge fields. Comparing lattice data with RMT predictions we
find deviations which allow us to give an estimate for this scale.Comment: LATTICE99 (theor. devel.), 3 pages, 4 figure
Universality and robustness of revivals in the transverse field XY model
We study the structure of the revivals in an integrable quantum many-body system, the transverse field XY spin chain, after a quantum quench. The time evolutions of the Loschmidt echo, the magnetization, and the single-spin entanglement entropy are calculated. We find that the revival times for all of these observables are given by integer multiples of T-rev similar or equal to L/upsilon(max), where L is the linear size of the system and upsilon(max) is the maximal group velocity of quasiparticles. This revival structure is universal in the sense that it does not depend on the initial state and the size of the quench. Applying nonintegrable perturbations to the XY model, we observe that the revivals are robust against such perturbations: they are still visible at time scales much larger than the quasiparticle lifetime. We therefore propose a generic connection between the revival structure and the locality of the dynamics, where the quasiparticle speed upsilon(max) generalizes into the Lieb-Robinson speed upsilon(LR)
Non-Commutativity of the Zero Chemical Potential Limit and the Thermodynamic Limit in Finite Density Systems
Monte Carlo simulations of finite density systems are often plagued by the
complex action problem. We point out that there exists certain
non-commutativity in the zero chemical potential limit and the thermodynamic
limit when one tries to study such systems by reweighting techniques. This is
demonstrated by explicit calculations in a Random Matrix Theory, which is
thought to be a simple qualitative model for finite density QCD. The
factorization method allows us to understand how the non-commutativity, which
appears at the intermediate steps, cancels in the end results for physical
observables.Comment: 7 pages, 9 figure
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