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Area of Science:

  • Quantum Many-Body Physics
  • Statistical Mechanics

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  • Chaotic many-body quantum systems exhibit complex dynamics.
  • Out-of-time-order correlators (OTOCs) are crucial for quantifying quantum chaos.
  • The eigenstate thermalization hypothesis (ETH) explains thermalization in isolated quantum systems.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To demonstrate that the established bound on OTOC growth rates in chaotic quantum systems is a direct consequence of ETH.
  • To establish a theoretical link between OTOC dynamics and the fundamental principles of ETH.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of the general structure of operator matrix elements within the framework of ETH.
  • Derivation of the OTOC growth rate bound from these matrix element properties.

Main Results:

  • The known bound on the growth rate of the out-of-time-order four-point correlator is shown to follow directly from the structure of operator matrix elements.
  • A direct theoretical connection is established between OTOC growth rates and the eigenstate thermalization hypothesis.

Conclusions:

  • The findings unify two key theoretical paradigms for understanding thermal behavior in isolated many-body quantum systems.
  • This work provides a deeper insight into the relationship between quantum chaos and thermalization in quantum statistical mechanics.