The Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev model is a (0+1)-dimensional model describing
Majorana fermions or complex fermions with random interactions. This model has
various interesting properties such as approximate local criticality (power law
correlation in time), zero temperature entropy, and quantum chaos. In this
article, we propose a higher dimensional generalization of the
Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev model, which is a lattice model with N Majorana fermions at
each site and random interactions between them. Our model can be defined on
arbitrary lattices in arbitrary spatial dimensions. In the large N limit, the
higher dimensional model preserves many properties of the Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev
model such as local criticality in two-point functions, zero temperature
entropy and chaos measured by the out-of-time-ordered correlation functions. In
addition, we obtain new properties unique to higher dimensions such as
diffusive energy transport and a "butterfly velocity" describing the
propagation of chaos in space. We mainly present results for a
(1+1)-dimensional example, and discuss the general case near the end.Comment: 1+37 pages, published versio