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Michael O Flynn1,2, Lev Vidmar3,4, Tatsuhiko N Ikeda1,5,6
1Boston University, Department of Physics, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.
Abstract:
We consider systems of fermions evolved by noninteracting unitary circuits with correlated on-site potentials. When these potentials are drawn from the eigenvalue distribution of a circular random matrix ensemble, the single-particle sector exhibits chaotic dynamics. The corresponding many-body spectral form factors (SFFs) can be computed exactly, revealing signatures of single-particle chaos in the many-body spectral statistics. Due to the absence of interactions the SFF grows exponentially in time, a result which we demonstrate through simple arguments, scaling collapses, and closed-form evaluation of the SFF. Upon introducing interactions, the SFF crosses over to a linear growth regime consistent with many-body random matrix universality. Our exact results for the SFF provide a baseline for future studies of the crossover between single-particle and many-body random matrix behavior.
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