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Weak ergodicity breaking without nonthermal eigenstates

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Pith's one-line read Long-lived quantum revivals can arise from phase-locked thermal eigenstates alone, without scar-like nonthermal states.

desk verdict Clean finite-size demonstration that nearly linear multiparticle sub-bands can produce MWS revivals from ETH-satisfying states via spectral phase coherence, without scars. read the letter →

arxiv 2607.04279 v1 pith:3L5WQXV3 submitted 2026-07-05 quant-ph

Boning Huang , Yongguan Ke , Li Zhang , Lin Ling , Chaohong Lee This is my paper
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The reading

Typical routes to ergodicity breaking in isolated interacting quantum systems rely on nonthermal eigenstates. This paper shows a different route: multiparticle Wannier states living in a nearly linear energy band can revive periodically even though every eigenstate that builds them satisfies the eigenstate thermalization hypothesis. Spatially periodic modulation of a Bose-Hubbard lattice folds multiparticle bands so that nearly linear sub-bands inherit equal energy spacings; those equal spacings lock the dynamical phases and produce collective revivals. The result matters because it separates long-lived memory retention from the requirement of scar-like or localized eigenstates, and it points to spectral engineering of multiparticle bands as a practical design principle.

What carries the argument

Band-resolved Wannier-sector fragmentation: multiparticle Wannier states constructed from a single multiparticle Bloch band form a dynamically isolated sector whose revival (or dephasing) is controlled solely by the energy-spacing structure of that band; spatial modulation folds an irregular band into nearly linear sub-bands that supply the equal spacings.

What would settle it

Enlarge the modulated lattice (or prepare a high-overlap Fock superposition of the target Wannier sector) and check whether the fidelity of a multiparticle Wannier state in the nearly linear band continues to show long-lived periodic peaks whose frequencies match the band's equal energy gaps, while generic Fock states in the same energy window thermalize; collapse of those peaks while the band remains approximately linear would falsify the claim.

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Core claim

Weak ergodicity breaking can occur without any ETH-violating eigenstates. In a spatially modulated Bose-Hubbard lattice, multiparticle Wannier states that are coherent superpositions of multiparticle Bloch states inside a nearly linear band exhibit long-lived collective revivals; the revivals come from emergent equal energy spacings that produce spectral phase coherence, not from nonthermal eigenstates.

Load-bearing premise

That the finite-size evidence that the multiparticle Bloch states inside the nearly linear band obey ETH remains valid, and residual band-edge curvature does not destroy phase locking when the system becomes large enough that level spacings vanish.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript proposes a mechanism for weak ergodicity breaking that does not rely on nonthermal (scar-like) eigenstates. In a spatially modulated Bose-Hubbard model, cotranslation symmetry yields multiparticle Bloch bands and multiparticle Wannier states (MWSs). The Hamiltonian is block-diagonal in the multiparticle band index (band-resolved Wannier-sector fragmentation). Moderate spatial modulation folds multiparticle bands into sub-bands; nearly linear sub-bands inherit linear segments of the original dispersion and therefore possess approximately equal energy spacings. Although the multiparticle Bloch eigenstates in those sub-bands pass finite-size ETH diagnostics (level statistics, smooth local observables, non-anomalous entanglement), the corresponding MWSs exhibit long-lived collective revivals of fidelity, density, and entanglement, with frequencies matching the equal spacings. The authors contrast this spectral phase-coherence mechanism with quantum many-body scars and conventional Hilbert-space fragmentation, and they show that the revivals persist for larger systems, weak disorder, Fock-state superpositions, and multi-particle hybrid manifolds, while remaining weak (revival period diverges with system size).

Significance. If the finite-size ETH diagnostics continue to hold and residual band-edge curvature does not destroy phase locking, the work supplies a conceptually distinct route to weak ergodicity breaking: long-lived memory retention from spectral phase coherence among ETH-satisfying eigenstates rather than from a vanishing fraction of nonthermal eigenstates. The construction is concrete (superlattice Bose-Hubbard model, experimentally accessible platforms), the band-folding route to nearly linear multiparticle sub-bands is nontrivial (long-range hopping alone fails), and the Supplemental Material provides extensive supporting diagnostics (projected Wannier-sector dynamics, OTOCs, multi-particle extensions, robustness). The explicit acknowledgment that the phenomenon is weak (revival period diverges in the thermodynamic limit) is a strength. The result would broaden the taxonomy of ergodicity breaking and suggest spectral engineering of multiparticle bands as a design principle.

major comments (2)
  1. The central claim that the multiparticle Bloch states in the nearly linear sub-band satisfy ETH rests on finite-size diagnostics (Fig. 2(c,d); SM S3 C,D). Level statistics show repulsion but deviate from GOE because of strong interactions; local densities and entanglement show no scar-like outliers within the available sizes (M ≤ 90 for bands, M ≤ 33 for N=4,5). The Summary already notes that the revival period diverges as level spacing vanishes. The manuscript should state more explicitly what would constitute a falsifying finite-size trend (e.g., growth of entanglement outliers or loss of equal-spacing fidelity peaks with M) and, if feasible, add one larger-size check of the equal-spacing structure or of the entanglement diagnostic for the selected sub-band, so that the ETH premise is not left solely to the present system sizes.
  2. SM S2 C and the main-text discussion of the trade-off between gap size and linearity show that residual curvature at band edges is inevitable for any finite modulation that opens a gap. Figs. 3 and S10 already exhibit long-time beat oscillations from those edge deviations. The claim of 'long-lived' revivals would be strengthened by a quantitative measure of how the revival contrast or dephasing time scales with residual curvature (or with δU) and with system size, rather than relying only on visual persistence of oscillations. Without that, it remains unclear how much of the observed coherence is protected by the linear bulk versus limited by edge curvature once M increases further.
minor comments (5)
  1. The term 'spectral phase coherence' is introduced without a formal definition. A short equation or paragraph linking it to the phase factors in Eqs. (3)–(4) would help readers distinguish it from ordinary dephasing language.
  2. Fig. 2(c): the level-statistics sample is restricted to dimer-monomer states with weak disorder. Clarifying the energy window and the number of states retained would make the comparison to Poisson/GOE more transparent.
  3. Notation for the multiparticle Wannier states switches between |Wm(R) angle and 'maximally localized MWS'; a single consistent abbreviation in the main text would reduce ambiguity.
  4. SM S1 B gives the thermodynamic scaling of Dfrag/Dtotal; a one-sentence pointer in the main text would help readers see immediately that the fragmentation is weak in the same sense as the revivals.
  5. A few typos and typesetting issues (e.g., 'Bandre-solved', 'Mul tip ar ticle', missing spaces in SM headings) should be cleaned for the final version.

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No load-bearing circularity: equal-spacing revivals follow from band-folding construction and fidelity formula; self-citations supply only the multiparticle Wannier basis.

full rationale

The central claim (long-lived MWS revivals from spectral phase coherence of ETH-satisfying multiparticle Bloch states in a nearly linear sub-band) is derived independently of any fitted target. Cotranslation symmetry yields the band-resolved block-diagonal structure (Eq. 2) by definition of the MWSs (Eq. 1). The fidelity expression (Eq. 4) then shows that approximately equal energy spacings produce periodic phase locking; this is ordinary Fourier analysis, not a self-definition. Nearly linear sub-bands are obtained by moderate spatial modulation that folds an ordinary multiparticle band and isolates its linear segment (Fig. 2b and SM S2); the modulation parameters are chosen by inspection of the spectrum, not by fitting revival data. Subsequent ETH diagnostics (level statistics, smooth local observables, non-anomalous entanglement; Fig. 2c,d and SM S3) and dynamics (Figs. 3–4, SM S4–S5) are independent numerical checks. Self-citations [50–55] introduce the multiparticle Wannier construction used as a basis; they do not supply the equal-spacing or ETH-satisfying claims. No prediction reduces by construction to a fitted input, and the thermodynamic-limit caveat (revival period diverges) is stated explicitly. Score 1 reflects only the ordinary presence of author-overlapping citations that are not load-bearing for the new result.

Assumptions & free parameters 3 free parameters · 4 assumptions · 2 invented entities

The central claim rests on the standard Bose-Hubbard Hamiltonian, cotranslational symmetry (which produces multiparticle Bloch bands and Wannier-sector fragmentation), the ETH as a diagnostic framework, and a set of hand-chosen modulation amplitudes that keep sub-bands nearly linear while opening finite gaps. No new particles or forces are postulated; the invented terminology simply names the observed spectral and dynamical structures.

free parameters (3)
  • interaction modulation amplitude δU and pattern g(j)
    Chosen by hand (e.g., δU=0.01–0.05, g(j)∈{−0.20,0.48,−0.30}) to open gaps while preserving near-linearity; the trade-off is acknowledged but the values are not derived from a first-principles criterion.
  • background interaction U0 and hopping J0
    Set to U0=20, J0=1 (and analogous values for N=4,5) to place the system in the strong-interaction dimer-monomer regime; standard but free within the model.
  • superlattice period d
    Fixed to d=3 in the main figures; larger d produces more linear bands at the cost of narrower widths, again a free design choice.
assumptions (4)
  • domain assumption Cotranslational symmetry of the lattice implies multiparticle Bloch bands labeled by center-of-mass momentum κ and a complete orthonormal multiparticle Wannier basis that block-diagonalizes the Hamiltonian by band index.
    Invoked throughout Sec. 'Band-resolved Wannier-sector fragmentation' and SM S1; standard for translation-invariant lattices but essential for the fragmentation claim.
  • domain assumption The eigenstate thermalization hypothesis (ETH) can be diagnosed by smooth energy dependence of local observables, absence of anomalous entanglement outliers, and level-repulsion statistics.
    Used in Fig. 2(c,d) and SM S3 to assert that the multiparticle Bloch states are thermal.
  • domain assumption Standard Bose-Hubbard model with onsite interactions and nearest-neighbor hopping under periodic boundary conditions.
    Eq. (5) of the main text; the microscopic starting point.
  • standard math Linear algebra and unitary time evolution in a finite Hilbert space (exact diagonalization within a Wannier sector).
    Used for all spectra and dynamics.
invented entities (2)
  • spectral phase coherence
    purpose: Name the mechanism by which nearly equal energy spacings produce periodic rephasing of ETH-satisfying eigenstates.
    Introduced in the abstract and introduction; it is a descriptive label for the equal-spacing dynamics rather than a new physical object. independent_evidence is false because the term is defined by the phenomenon it explains.
  • band-resolved Wannier-sector fragmentation independent evidence
    purpose: Describe the block-diagonal structure of the Hamiltonian in the multiparticle Wannier basis.
    Follows directly from cotranslational symmetry (Eqs. 1–2); the name is new but the structure is a consequence of an existing symmetry. independent_evidence is true in the sense that the block-diagonal form can be checked independently of the revival claim.

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The typical mechanisms of ergodicity breaking in isolated interacting quantum systems, such as many-body localization and quantum many-body scars, originate from the nonthermal nature of the underlying eigenstates. Here, in the absence of nonthermal eigenstates, we identify a mechanism for collective revivals of multiparticle Wannier states (MWSs) associated with nearly linear bands in a spatially modulated Bose-Hubbard lattice. The MWSs, as superpositions of multiparticle Bloch states within individual energy bands, give rise to band-resolved Wannier-sector fragmentation. The key idea is that spatially periodic modulation folds and separates energy bands of a simple lattice into several sub-bands, among which nearly linear sub-bands inherit the linear segments of the original bands. Although multiparticle Bloch states satisfy the eigenstate thermalization hypothesis (ETH), the MWSs in the nearly linear band still exhibit long-lived collective revivals, due to emergent equally spaced energy levels. Our work provides a route to weak ergodicity breaking in which long-lived revivals arise from spectral phase coherence among ETH-satisfying eigenstates rather than from scar-like nonthermal eigenstates.

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