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On the properties of level spacings for decomposable systems
In this paper we show that the quantum theory of chaos, based on the
statistical theory of energy spectra, presents inconsistencies difficult to
overcome. In classical mechanics a system described by an hamiltonian (decomposable) cannot be ergodic, because there are always two dependent
integrals of motion besides the constant of energy. In quantum mechanics we
prove the existence of decomposable systems \linebreak
whose spacing distribution agrees with the Wigner law and we show that in
general the spacing distribution of is not the Poisson law, even if it
has often the same qualitative behaviour. We have found that the spacings of
are among the solutions of a well defined class of homogeneous linear
systems. We have obtained an explicit formula for the bases of the kernels of
these systems, and a chain of inequalities which the coefficients of a generic
linear combination of the basis vectors must satisfy so that the elements of a
particular solution will be all positive, i.e. can be considered a set of
spacings.Comment: LateX, 13 page
Free fermions and the classical compact groups
There is a close connection between the ground state of non-interacting
fermions in a box with classical (absorbing, reflecting, and periodic) boundary
conditions and the eigenvalue statistics of the classical compact groups. The
associated determinantal point processes can be extended in two natural
directions: i) we consider the full family of admissible quantum boundary
conditions (i.e., self-adjoint extensions) for the Laplacian on a bounded
interval, and the corresponding projection correlation kernels; ii) we
construct the grand canonical extensions at finite temperature of the
projection kernels, interpolating from Poisson to random matrix eigenvalue
statistics. The scaling limits in the bulk and at the edges are studied in a
unified framework, and the question of universality is addressed. Whether the
finite temperature determinantal processes correspond to the eigenvalue
statistics of some matrix models is, a priori, not obvious. We complete the
picture by constructing a finite temperature extension of the Haar measure on
the classical compact groups. The eigenvalue statistics of the resulting grand
canonical matrix models (of random size) corresponds exactly to the grand
canonical measure of non-interacting free fermions with classical boundary
conditions.Comment: 35 pages, 5 figures. Final versio
Comb entanglement in quantum spin chains
Bipartite entanglement in the ground state of a chain of quantum spins
can be quantified either by computing pairwise concurrence or by dividing the
chain into two complementary subsystems. In the latter case the smaller
subsystem is usually a single spin or a block of adjacent spins and the
entanglement differentiates between critical and non-critical regimes. Here we
extend this approach by considering a more general setting: our smaller
subsystem consists of a {\it comb} of spins, spaced sites apart.
Our results are thus not restricted to a simple `area law', but contain
non-local information, parameterized by the spacing . For the XX model we
calculate the von-Neumann entropy analytically when and
investigate its dependence on and . We find that an external magnetic
field induces an unexpected length scale for entanglement in this case.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figure
On relations between one-dimensional quantum and two-dimensional classical spin systems
We exploit mappings between quantum and classical systems in order to obtain
a class of two-dimensional classical systems with critical properties
equivalent to those of the class of one-dimensional quantum systems discussed
in a companion paper (J. Hutchinson, J. P. Keating, and F. Mezzadri,
arXiv:1503.05732). In particular, we use three approaches: the Trotter-Suzuki
mapping; the method of coherent states; and a calculation based on commuting
the quantum Hamiltonian with the transfer matrix of a classical system. This
enables us to establish universality of certain critical phenomena by extension
from the results in our previous article for the classical systems identified.Comment: 36 page
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