Affiliation:
1. CEA Saclay
2. L'Institut de physique théorique
3. École Normale Supérieure
4. Laboratoire de Physique Théorique
Abstract
We introduce and study a class of models of free fermions hopping
between neighbouring sites with random Brownian amplitudes. These simple
models describe stochastic, diffusive, quantum, unitary dynamics. We
focus on periodic boundary conditions and derive the complete stationary
distribution of the system. It is proven that the generating function of
the latter is provided by an integral with respect to the unitary Haar
measure, known as the Harish-Chandra-Itzykson-Zuber integral in random
matrix theory, which allows us to access all fluctuations of the system
state. The steady state is characterized by non trivial correlations
which have a topological nature. Diagrammatic tools appropriate for the
study of these correlations are presented. In the thermodynamic large
system size limit, the system approaches a non random, self averaging,
equilibrium state plus occupancy and coherence fluctuations of magnitude
scaling proportionally with the inverse of the square root of the
volume. The large deviation function for those fluctuations is
determined. Although decoherence is effective on the mean steady state,
we observe that sub-leading fluctuating coherences are dynamically
produced from the inhomogeneities of the initial occupancy profile.
Funder
Agence Nationale de la Recherche
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Subject
General Physics and Astronomy
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