Constructing quantum many-body scar Hamiltonians from Floquet automata

TL;DR

This paper introduces a systematic method to construct quantum many-body scar Hamiltonians from Floquet automata, enabling better understanding and modeling of non-ergodic dynamics in quantum systems.

Contribution

It develops a new approach to derive QMBS models from Floquet automata by imposing restrictions that align local gates with scar states, including the PXP model.

Findings

Effective Hamiltonians capture automaton dynamics over long prethermal times.

Numerical evidence supports the construction's validity.

Derivation of several QMBS models, including PXP.

Abstract

We provide a systematic approach for constructing approximate quantum many-body scars (QMBS) starting from two-layer Floquet automaton circuits that exhibit trivial many-body revivals. We do so by applying successively more restrictions that force local gates of the automaton circuit to commute concomitantly more accurately when acting on select scar states. With these rules in place, an effective local, Floquet Hamiltonian is seen to capture dynamics of the automaton over a long prethermal window. We provide numerical evidence for such a picture and use our construction to derive several QMBS models, including the celebrated PXP model.