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Probing quantum many-body dynamics using subsystem loschmidt echos

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The Loschmidt echo - the probability of a quantum many-body system to return to its initial state following a dynamical evolution - generally contains key information about a quantum system, relevant across various scientific fields including quantum chaos, quantum many-body physics, or high-energy physics. However, it is typically exponentially small in system size, posing an outstanding challenge for experiments. Here, we experimentally investigate the subsystem Loschmidt echo, a quasi-local observable that captures key features of the Loschmidt echo while being readily accessible experimentally. Utilizing quantum gas microscopy, we study its short- and long-time dynamics. In the short-time regime, we observe a dynamical quantum phase transition arising from genuine higher-order correlations. In the long-time regime, the subsystem Loschmidt echo allows us to quantitatively determine the effective dimension and structure of the accessible Hilbert space in the thermodynamic limit. Performing these measurements in the ergodic regime and in the presence of emergent kinetic constraints, we provide direct experimental evidence for ergodicity breaking due to fragmentation of the Hilbert space. Our results establish the subsystem Loschmidt echo as a novel and powerful tool that allows paradigmatic studies of both non-equilibrium dynamics and equilibrium thermodynamics of quantum many-body systems, applicable to a broad range of quantum simulation and computing platforms.

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cond-mat.str-el · 2026-05-18 · unverdicted · novelty 7.0

Spectral graph analysis of the Hilbert-space connectivity graph detects exact fragmentation and nearly fragmented sectors with slow leakage in the t-J model and Hubbard chain.

Floquet Many-Body Cages

quant-ph · 2026-04-14 · unverdicted · novelty 7.0

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quant-ph · 2026-05-29 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

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quant-ph · 2026-06-29 · unverdicted · novelty 5.0

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Dynamics of Loschmidt echoes from operator growth in noisy quantum many-body systems

cond-mat.stat-mech · 2025-09-01 · unverdicted · novelty 5.0

Operator Loschmidt echoes in noisy unitary dynamics are equivalent to the norm of dissipative dynamics after noise averaging, exhibiting Gaussian decay for pt ≪ 1 and noise-independent exponential decay for pt ≫ 1, with exact results proven in the dissipative random phase model.

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