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DY: Fachverband Dynamik und Statistische Physik

DY 6: Many-Body Quantum Systems (joint session DY/TT)

DY 6.2: Talk

Monday, March 20, 2017, 10:15–10:30, ZEU 118

Necessity of eigenstate thermalization for equilibration towards unique expectation values when starting from generic initial states — •Christian Bartsch and Jochen Gemmer — Fachbereich Physik, Universität Osnabrück, Barbarastraße 7, D-49069 Osnabrück

We investigate dynamical equilibration of expectation values in closed quantum systems for realistic non-equilibrium initial states. Thereby we find that the corresponding long time expectation values depend on the initial expectation values if eigenstate thermalization is violated. An analytical expression for the deviation from the expected ensemble value is derived for small displacements from equilibrium. Additional numerics for magnetization and energy equilibration in an asymmetric anisotropic spin-1/2-ladder demonstrate that the analytical predictions persist beyond the limits of the theory. The results suggest eigenstate thermalization as physically necessary condition for initial state independent equilibration.