For a disordered XY spin chain with power-law interactions, exact diagonalization and finite-size scaling give a critical interaction exponent alpha_c = 1.16 ± 0.17, below which many-body localization is predicted to disappear.
Energy delocalization in strongly disordered systems induced by the long-range many-body interaction
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Anderson localization1 in a random system is sensitive to a distance dependence of the excitation transfer amplitude V(r). If V(r) decreases with the distance r slower than 1/r^d in a d-dimensional system then all excitations are delocalized at arbitrarily strong disordering, due to the resonant interaction of far separated quantum states (Fig. 1). At finite temperature T>0 the density of excitations is finite and they can influence each other by means of their interaction. Many body excitations involving simultaneous transitions of several single particle excitations create additional channels for energy delocalization and transport. Here we show that if the interaction of excitations decreases with the distance slower than 1/R^(2d) then excitations are delocalized at finite temperature irrespectively to disordering. This delocalization results in the finite decoherence rate in the ensemble of interacting spins 1/2 representing the model of quantum computer, thus restricting the quantum hardware performance. It also leads to the energy and particle delocalization and transport at finite temperature in various physical systems including doped semiconductors, despite of the full localization of electrons at zero temperature.
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Many-body localization in XY spin chains with long-range interactions: An exact diagonalization study
For a disordered XY spin chain with power-law interactions, exact diagonalization and finite-size scaling give a critical interaction exponent alpha_c = 1.16 ± 0.17, below which many-body localization is predicted to disappear.