CMSA Quantum Matter in Mathematics and Physics: Entanglement Criticality in Random Gaussian Quantum Circuits

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Speaker:

Chaoming Jian - Cornell University

Quantum systems out of equilibrium can exhibit different dynamical phases that are fundamentally characterized by their entanglement dynamics and entanglement scaling. Random quantum circuits with non-unitarity induced by measurement or other sources provide a large class of systems for us to investigate the nature of these different entanglement phases and associated criticality. While numerical studies have provided a lot of insight into the behavior of such quantum circuit models, analytical understanding of the entanglement criticality in these models has remained challenging in many cases. In this talk, I will focus on the random non-unitary fermionic Gaussian circuits, namely non-unitary circuits for non-interacting fermions. I will first present a numerical study of an entanglement critical phase in this type of circuit. Then, I will discuss the analytical understanding of general entanglement phases in this type of circuit via a general correspondence among (1) non-unitary fermionic Gaussian circuits, (2) fermionic Gaussian tensor network, and (3) unitary non-interacting fermions subject to quenched disorder. In particular, we show that the critical entanglement phase numerically found in the non-unitary Gaussian circuit without any symmetry can be described by the theory of (unitary) disordered metal in the symmetry class DIII. I will comment on the entanglement critical phases that correspond to unitary disordered fermion critical points or unitary disordered metals in other symmetry classes.

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