Theory of Metastable States in Many-Body Quantum Systems

We present a mathematical theory of metastable pure states in closed many-body quantum systems with finite-dimensional Hilbert space. Given a Hamiltonian, a pure state is defined to be metastable when all sufficiently local operators either stabilize the state or raise its average energy. We prove t...

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Main Authors: Chao Yin, Federica M. Surace, Andrew Lucas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2025-03-01
Series:Physical Review X
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.15.011064
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