Exact quantum scars in the chiral nonlinear Luttinger liquid
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Author(s)
Schindler, Frank
Regnault, Nicolas
Bernevig, B Andrei
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
While the chiral linear Luttinger liquid is integrable via bosonization, its nonlinear counterpart does not admit for an analytic solution. In this work, we find a subextensive number of exact eigenstates for a large family of density-density interaction terms. These states are embedded in a continuum of strongly correlated excited states. The real-space entanglement entropy of some exact states scales logarithmically with system size while that of others has volume-law scaling. We introduce momentum-space entanglement as an unambiguous differentiator between these exact states and the remaining excited states. With regard to momentum space, the exact states behave as bona fide quantum many-body scars: they exhibit identically zero momentum-space entanglement, while typical eigenstates behave thermally. We corroborate this finding by a level statistics analysis. Furthermore, we detail the general formalism for systematically finding all interaction terms and associated exact states, and present a number of infinite exact state sequences extending to arbitrarily high energies. Unlike many previous examples of quantum many-body scars, the exact states uncovered here do not lie at equidistant energies and do not follow from a special operator algebra. Instead, they are uniquely enabled by the interplay of Fermi statistics and chirality.
Date Issued
2022-01-26
Date Acceptance
2022-01-14
Citation
Physical Review B, 2022, 105 (3), pp.1-23
ISSN
2469-9950
Publisher
American Physical Society (APS)
Start Page
1
End Page
23
Journal / Book Title
Physical Review B
Volume
105
Issue
3
Copyright Statement
©2022 American Physical Society
Identifier
http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.105.035146
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
035146
Date Publish Online
2022-01-26