Scientific Calendar Event



Starts 29 Nov 2022 11:30
Ends 29 Nov 2022 12:30
Central European Time
Hybrid Seminar
Luigi Stasi Seminar Room + Zoom

Marko Znidaric
(University of Ljubljana)
 
 
Abstract:
Describing full unitary dynamics of a many-body system is difficult and also unpractical. Focusing on a coarse-grained dynamics or few select observables often results in a more compact non-unitary evolution. Studying bipartite entanglement dynamics in random circuits one can derive a Markovian transfer matrix description that harbors rather intriguing many-body non-Hermitian physics. The speed of generating entanglement is not given by the 2nd largest eigenvalue of the transfer matrix, but rather by a phantom eigenvalue -- an eigenvalue that is not in the spectrum of any finite transfer matrix. Resolution of this paradox will lead to a pseudospectrum and a realization that, when dealing with finite non-Hermitian matrices it can be that being exact is actually wrong, while being slightly wrong is correct.