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.
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.