In a seminal paper [D. N. Page, Phys. Rev. Lett. 71, 1291 (1993)], Page proved that the average entanglement entropy of subsystems of random pure states is ${S}_{\text{ave}}\ensuremath{\simeq}\mathrm{ln}{\mathcal{D}}_{\mathrm{A}}\ensuremath{-}(1/2){\mathcal{D}}_{\mathrm{A}}^{2}/\mathcal{D}$ for $1\ensuremath{\ll}{\mathcal{D}}_{\mathrm{A}}\ensuremath{\le}\sqrt{\mathcal{D}}$, where
DA and
D are the Hilbert space dimensions of the subsystem and the system, respectively. Hence, typical pure states are (nearly) maximally entangled. We develop tools to compute the average entanglement entropy
⟨S⟩ of all eigenstates of quadratic fermionic Hamiltonians. In particular, we derive exact bounds for the most general translationally invariant models $\mathrm{ln}{\mathcal{D}}_{\mathrm{A}}\ensuremath{-}(\mathrm{ln}{\mathcal{D}}_{\mathrm{A}}{)}^{2}/\mathrm{ln}\mathcal{D}\ensuremath{\le}⟨S⟩\ensuremath{\le}\mathrm{ln}{\mathcal{D}}_{\mathrm{A}}\ensuremath{-}[1/(2\mathrm{ln}2)](\mathrm{ln}{\mathcal{D}}_{\mathrm{A}}{)}^{2}/\mathrm{ln}\mathcal{D}$. Consequently, we prove that (i) if the subsystem size is a finite fraction of the system size, then
⟨S⟩<lnDA in the thermodynamic limit; i.e., the average over eigenstates of the Hamiltonian departs from the result for typical pure states, and (ii) in the limit in which the subsystem size is a vanishing fraction of the system size, the average entanglement entropy is maximal; i.e., typical eigenstates of such Hamiltonians exhibit eigenstate thermalization.
We introduce a class of spinless fermion models that exhibit quantum many-body scars (QMBS) originating from kinetic constraints in the form of density-assisted hopping. The models can be defined on any lattice in any dimension and allow for spatially varying interactions. We construct a tower of exact eigenstates with finite energy density, and we demonstrate that these QMBS are responsible for the nonthermal nature of the system by studying the entanglement entropy and correlation functions. The quench dynamics from certain initial states is also investigated, and it is confirmed that the QMBS induce nonthermalizing dynamics. As another characterization of the QMBS, we give a parent Hamiltonian for which the QMBS are unique ground states. We also prove the uniqueness rigorously.
The von Neumann entanglement entropy is studied with the density-matrix renormalization-group technique. We propose a simple approach to calculate the central charge using the entanglement entropy for a one-dimensional (1D) quantum system. This approach is applied to a couple of quantum systems: (i) a 1D frustrated spin model and (ii) a 1D half-filled spinless fermions with nearest-neighbor repulsion; it is confirmed that the central charge is estimated very accurately for the both systems. Also, a new method to determine the critical point between Tomonaga-Luttinger-liquid and gapped (or ordered) phases from the proposed approach is suggested. Furthermore, we mention that the Tomonaga-Luttinger parameter can be obtained in a like manner as the central charge, using the charge-density fluctuation of a part of the 1D system.