Critical dynamics of long-range quantum disordered systems

TL;DR

This paper develops a phenomenological model for wave packet dynamics in long-range quantum disordered systems, revealing complex scaling laws and multifractal properties that differ from traditional Anderson transitions.

Contribution

It introduces a new analytical framework for understanding the critical dynamics of long-range hopping systems, incorporating multifractality and algebraic tail effects.

Findings

Derived analytical expressions for wave packet moments and IPR dynamics.

Validated predictions with numerical simulations of a Floquet model.

Established new scaling laws involving both system size and time.

Abstract

Long-range hoppings in quantum disordered systems are known to yield quantum multifractality, whose features can go beyond the characteristic properties associated with an Anderson transition. Indeed, critical dynamics of long-range quantum systems can exhibit anomalous dynamical behaviours distinct from those at the Anderson transition in finite dimensions. In this paper, we propose a phenomenological model of wave packet expansion in long-range hopping systems. We consider both their multifractal properties and the algebraic fat tails induced by the long-range hoppings. Using this model, we analytically derive the dynamics of moments and Inverse Participation Ratios of the time-evolving wave packets, in connection with the multifractal dimension of the system. To validate our predictions, we perform numerical simulations of a Floquet model that is analogous to the power law random banded matrix ensemble. Unlike the Anderson transition in finite dimensions, the dynamics of such systems cannot be adequately described by a single parameter scaling law that solely depends on time. Instead, it becomes crucial to establish scaling laws involving both the finite-size and the time. Explicit scaling laws for the observables under consideration are presented. Our findings are of considerable interest towards applications in the fields of many-body localization and Anderson localization on random graphs, where long-range effects arise due to the inherent topology of the Hilbert space.