The coherent transport of n fermions in disordered networks of l single-particle states connected by k-body interactions is studied. These networks are modeled by embedded Gaussian random matrix ensemble (EGE). The conductance bandwidth and the ensemble-averaged total current attain their maximal values if the system is highly filled n∼l-1 and k∼n/2. For the cases k=1 and k=n the bandwidth is minimal. We show that for all parameters the transport is enhanced significantly whenever centrosymmetric embedded Gaussian ensemble (csEGE) are considered. In this case the transmission shows numerous resonances of perfect transport. Analyzing the transmission by spectral decomposition, we find that centrosymmetry induces strong correlations and enhances the extrema of the distributions. This suppresses destructive interference effects in the system and thus causes backscattering-free transmission resonances that enhance the overall transport. The distribution of the total current for the csEGE has a very large dominating peak for n=l-1, close to the highest observed currents.
The coherent transport of n fermions in disordered networks of l single-particle states connected by k-body interactions is studied. These networks are modeled by embedded Gaussian random matrix ensemble (EGE). The conductance bandwidth and the ensemble-averaged total current attain their maximal values if the system is highly filled n∼l-1 and k∼n/2. For the cases k=1 and k=n the bandwidth is minimal. We show that for all parameters the transport is enhanced significantly whenever centrosymmetric embedded Gaussian ensemble (csEGE) are considered. In this case the transmission shows numerous resonances of perfect transport. Analyzing the transmission by spectral decomposition, we find that centrosymmetry induces strong correlations and enhances the extrema of the distributions. This suppresses destructive interference effects in the system and thus causes backscattering-free transmission resonances that enhance the overall transport. The distribution of the total current for the csEGE has a very large dominating peak for n=l-1, close to the highest observed currents.
The robustness of quantum transport under various perturbations is analyzed in disordered interacting many-body systems, which are constructed from the embedded Gaussian random matrix ensembles (EGEs). The transport efficiency can be enhanced drastically, if centrosymmetry (csEGE) is imposed. When the csEGE is perturbed with an ordinary EGE, the transport efficiency in the optimal cases is reduced significantly, while in the suboptimal cases the changes are less pronounced. Qualitatively the same behavior is observed, when parity and centrosymmetry are broken by block perturbations. Analyzing the influence of the environment coupling, optimal transport is observed at a certain coupling strength, while too weak and too strong coupling reduce the transport. Taking into account the effects of decoherence, in the EGE the transport efficiency approaches its maximum at a finite nonzero decoherence strength (environment-assisted transport). In the csEGE the efficiency decays monotonically with the decoherence but is always larger than in the EGE.
The quantum efficiency in the transfer of an initial excitation in disordered finite networks, modeled by the k‐body embedded Gaussian ensembles of random matrices, is studied for bosons and fermions. The influence of the presence or absence of time‐reversal symmetry and centrosymmetry/centrohermiticity are addressed. For bosons and fermions, the best efficiencies of the realizations of the ensemble are dramatically enhanced when centrosymmetry (centrohermiticity) is imposed. For few bosons distributed in two single‐particle levels this permits perfect state transfer for almost all realizations when one‐particle interactions are considered. For fermionic systems the enhancement is found to be maximal for cases when all but one single particle levels are occupied. image
Eigenstate structure in many-body bosonic systems: Analysis using random matrices and q-Hermite polynomials
We analyze the structure of eigenstates in many-body bosonic systems by modeling the Hamiltonian of these complex systems using Bosonic Embedded Gaussian Orthogonal Ensembles (BEGOE) defined by a mean-field plus k-body random interactions. The quantities employed are the number of principal components (NPC), the localization length (lH) and the entropy production S(t). The numerical results are compared with the analytical formulas obtained using random matrices which are based on bivariate q-Hermite polynomials for local density of states Fk(E∣q) and the bivariate q-Hermite polynomial form for bivariate eigenvalue density ρbiv:q(E,Ek) that are valid in the strong interaction domain. We also compare transport efficiency in many-body bosonic systems using BEGOE in absence and presence of centrosymmetry. It is seen that the centrosymmetry enhances quantum efficiency.
A key insight from recent studies is that noise, such as dephasing, can improve the efficiency of quantum transport by suppressing coherent single-particle interference effects. However, it is not yet clear whether dephasing can enhance transport in an interacting many-body system. Here, we address this question by analyzing the transport properties of a boundary driven spinless fermion chain with nearest-neighbor interactions subject to bulk dephasing. The many-body nonequilibrium stationary state is determined using large-scale matrix product simulations of the corresponding quantum master equation. We find dephasing enhanced transport only in the strongly interacting regime, where it is shown to induce incoherent transitions bridging the gap between bound dark states and bands of mobile eigenstates. The generic nature of the transport enhancement is illustrated by a simple toy model, which contains the basic elements required for its emergence. Surprisingly, the effect is significant even in the linear response regime of the full system, and it is predicted to exist for any large and finite chain. The response of the system to dephasing also establishes a signature of an underlying nonequilibrium phase transition between regimes of transport degradation and enhancement. The existence of this transition is shown not to depend on the integrability of the model considered. As a result, dephasing enhanced transport is expected to persist in more realistic nonequilibrium strongly correlated systems.
Embedded random matrix ensembles generated by random interactions (of low body rank and usually two-body) in the presence of a one-body mean field, introduced in nuclear structure physics, are now established to be indispensable in describing statistical properties of a large number of isolated finite quantum many-particle systems. Lie algebra symmetries of the interactions, as identified from nuclear shell model and the interacting boson model, led to the introduction of a variety of embedded ensembles (EEs). These ensembles with a mean field and chaos generating two-body interaction generate in three different stages, delocalization of wave functions in the Fock space of the mean-field basis states. The last stage corresponds to what one may call thermalization and complex nuclei, as seen from many shell model calculations, lie in this region. Besides briefly describing them, their recent applications to nuclear structure are presented and they are (i) nuclear level densities with interactions; (ii) orbit occupancies; (iii) neutrinoless double beta decay nuclear transition matrix elements as transition strengths. In addition, their applications are also presented briefly that go beyond nuclear structure and they are (i) fidelity, decoherence, entanglement and thermalization in isolated finite quantum systems with interactions; (ii) quantum transport in disordered networks connected by many-body interactions with centrosymmetry; (iii) semicircle to Gaussian transition in eigenvalue densities with [Formula: see text]-body random interactions and its relation to the Sachdev–Ye–Kitaev (SYK) model for majorana fermions.
In order to extend the Landauer formulation of quantum transport to correlated fermions, we consider a spinless system in which charge carriers interact, connected to two reservoirs by non-interacting one-dimensional leads. We show that the mapping of the embedded many-body scatterer onto an effective one-body scatterer with interaction-dependent parameters requires to include parts of the attached leads where the interacting region induces power law correlations. Physically, this gives a dependence of the conductance of a mesoscopic scatterer upon the nature of the used leads which is due to electron interactions inside the scatterer. To show this, we consider two identical correlated systems connected by a non-interacting lead of length LC. We demonstrate that the effective one-body transmission of the ensemble deviates by an amount A/LC from the behavior obtained assuming an effective one-body description for each element and the combination law of scatterers in series. A is maximum for the interaction strength U around which the Luttinger liquid becomes a Mott insulator in the used model, and vanishes when U ↦0 and U ↦∞. Analogies with the Kondo problem are pointed out.