From quantum chaos and eigenstate thermalization to statistical mechanics and thermodynamics

L D'Alessio, Y Kafri, A Polkovnikov, M Rigol - Advances in Physics, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
This review gives a pedagogical introduction to the eigenstate thermalization hypothesis
(ETH), its basis, and its implications to statistical mechanics and thermodynamics. In the first …

Thermalization and prethermalization in isolated quantum systems: a theoretical overview

T Mori, TN Ikeda, E Kaminishi… - Journal of Physics B …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
The approach to thermal equilibrium, or thermalization, in isolated quantum systems is
among the most fundamental problems in statistical physics. Recent theoretical studies have …

Quantum equilibration, thermalization and prethermalization in ultracold atoms

M Ueda - Nature Reviews Physics, 2020 - nature.com
Over the past decade, there has been remarkable progress in our understanding of
equilibration, thermalization and prethermalization, due in large part to experimental …

Periodic orbits, entanglement, and quantum many-body scars in constrained models: Matrix product state approach

WW Ho, S Choi, H Pichler, MD Lukin - Physical review letters, 2019 - APS
We analyze quantum dynamics of strongly interacting, kinetically constrained many-body
systems. Motivated by recent experiments demonstrating surprising long-lived, periodic …

Quantum chaos and thermalization in isolated systems of interacting particles

F Borgonovi, FM Izrailev, LF Santos, VG Zelevinsky - Physics Reports, 2016 - Elsevier
This review is devoted to the problem of thermalization in a small isolated conglomerate of
interacting constituents. A variety of physically important systems of intensive current interest …

Thouless and relaxation time scales in many-body quantum systems

M Schiulaz, EJ Torres-Herrera, LF Santos - Physical Review B, 2019 - APS
A major open question in studies of nonequilibrium quantum dynamics is the identification of
the time scales involved in the relaxation process of isolated quantum systems that have …

Eigenstate thermalization hypothesis and integrability in quantum spin chains

V Alba - Physical Review B, 2015 - APS
We investigate the eigenstate thermalization hypothesis (ETH) in integrable models,
focusing on the spin-1 2 isotropic Heisenberg (XXX) chain. We provide numerical evidence …

Renyi entropy of chaotic eigenstates

TC Lu, T Grover - Physical Review E, 2019 - APS
Using arguments built on ergodicity, we derive an analytical expression for the Renyi
entanglement entropies which, we conjecture, applies to the finite-energy density …

Relaxation and thermalization in the one-dimensional Bose-Hubbard model: A case study for the interaction quantum quench from the atomic limit

S Sorg, L Vidmar, L Pollet, F Heidrich-Meisner - Physical Review A, 2014 - APS
Motivated by recent experiments, we study the relaxation dynamics and thermalization in the
one-dimensional Bose-Hubbard model induced by a global interaction quench. Specifically …

Validity of the GGE for quantum quenches from interacting to noninteracting models

S Sotiriadis, P Calabrese - Journal of Statistical Mechanics …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
In the majority of analytical verifications of the conjecture that the Generalized Gibbs
Ensemble (GGE) describes the large time asymptotics of local observables in quantum …