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Area of Science:

  • Quantum physics
  • Condensed matter theory
  • Quantum chaos

Background:

  • Increasing interest in quantum chaos within spatially extended systems like spin chains.
  • Divergent results: generic approaches suggest many-body localization, while specific
  • self-dual
  • cases show universal chaotic spectral behavior.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Investigate level statistics in spin chains near the self-dual case.
  • Clarify the system-dependent nature of quantum chaos and many-body localization.
  • Identify transitions between different dynamical regimes.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of spectral statistics.
  • Focus on systems in the vicinity of the self-dual case.
  • Theoretical calculations of level dynamics.

Main Results:

  • Observed transitions from universal chaotic behavior to many-body localization.
  • Identified several nonstandard random-matrix universality classes.
  • Demonstrated sensitivity of spectral statistics to system parameters near the self-dual point.

Conclusions:

  • Quantum chaos in spin chains is highly sensitive to system details.
  • Many-body localization can emerge from universal chaotic dynamics.
  • New universality classes beyond standard random-matrix theory are relevant for quantum systems.