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Interacting hydrodynamic modes in spinless fermions with dephasing noise
Statistical Mechanics · Submitted 28 Jul 2026 · 47 references
Pith's verdict: Substantial quartic eigenoperator construction, but the paper's own class IV mode makes Eq. (114) miss a conserved N^2 contribution.
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The paper claims
Quartic fermion operators in a dephasing chain generically show diffusive t^{-1/2} hydrodynamic tails.
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What carries the argument
The central object is the scattering state of two k-Λ strings: in the vectorized picture, quartic diffusive eigenoperators are eigenstates of the non-Hermitian Hubbard Hamiltonian with purely imaginary tunneling, built from two two-particle bound states whose size is set by the lattice spacing. The k-Λ strings are rapidity pairs solving discrete Takahashi equations; their scattering phase, Eq. (98), encodes the interaction between the two bound states. The late-time tail follows from an integral representation (Eq. 108) that is evaluated by expanding around zero momentum, giving the t^{-1/2} decay via a Gaussian integral.
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Core claim
Translationally invariant operators quartic in fermions generically exhibit non-vanishing diffusive late-time tails, in contrast to bilinears. Explicitly, the density-density operator obeys (Σ_x n_x n_{x+d})(t) ≈ Σ_{x≠y} √(γ/(2π J² t)) n_x n_y at large times (Eq. 114), with the slowest decay coming from the ξ=0 sector of the asymptotic expansion (Eq. 113). This is established by constructing the four-particle eigenstates of the vectorized Lindbladian as scattering states of two k-Λ strings, then converting Bethe-quantum-number sums to integrals and evaluating the late-time integral around the hydrodynamic branch. The result proves the earlier conjecture and demonstrates that hydrodynamic tai
Load-bearing premise
The t^{-1/2} tail rests on neglecting the interaction term when converting sums over Bethe quantum numbers into integrals and on assuming γ≥2J; if that neglected term contributed at leading order in the hydrodynamic limit, the tail exponent could change.
Editorial extensions
If this is right
- Density-density correlations in the dephasing fermion chain are predicted to decay as t^{-1/2} with a known amplitude, a concrete signature that could be checked in quantum simulators or numerical simulations.
- Hydrodynamic tails of microscopic operators cannot in general be inferred from symmetry constraints or coarse-grained fluctuating hydrodynamics; the effective size of hydrodynamic eigenoperators is decisive.
- The same mechanism likely explains tail structures in other models with decoupled BBGKY hierarchies, and may apply to diffusive Floquet systems.
- Translationally invariant bilinear operators decay exponentially and are subdominant at late times, so quartic and higher-order operators dictate the asymptotic dynamics.
- The explicit closed-form tail (Eq. 114) provides a benchmark against which approximate hydrodynamic theories can be tested.
Reading between the lines
- If the neglected interaction term in the discrete Takahashi equations contributes at leading order when γ<2J (where the string exists only on part of the Brillouin zone), the t^{-1/2} tail could change; a direct numerical check in that regime would settle whether the result extends beyond the restricted parameter window used in the derivation.
- The authors' general principle suggests that in models where hydrodynamic eigenoperators have a large size (≫ lattice spacing), symmetry-based tail predictions might be restored; searching for such models could test the universality of their conclusion.
- A natural extension is to sextic operators, which would be scattering states of three bound states; whether the leading tail remains t^{-1/2} or acquires a different exponent is a concrete open question that the same Bethe-ansatz machinery could answer.
- The result implies that coarse-grained fluctuating hydrodynamics, which usually assumes spatially extended diffusive modes, may miss operator-specific structures; coupling the microscopic bound-state size to a coarse-graining length could produce a more accurate effective theory.
Original abstract
We study the non-equilibrium dynamics of spinless fermions with dephasing noise in the framework of a many-particle Lindblad equation. Using a mapping to the exactly solvable one-dimensional Hubbard model with purely imaginary tunneling amplitude we analyze the Heisenberg-picture dynamics of operators quartic in fermions and determine their hydrodynamic projections. We construct the relevant diffusive eigenoperators explicitly and show that, in the quartic sector, they can be interpreted as interacting pairs of bilinear hydrodynamic modes. As a consequence, translationally invariant quartic operators generically exhibit non-vanishing diffusive late-time tails, unlike translationally invariant bilinears. Our results show that the hydrodynamic tails of microscopic operators cannot in general be inferred from symmetry constraints or coarse-grained fluctuating hydrodynamics alone; they also depend crucially on the spatial structure and effective size of the hydrodynamic eigenoperators.
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We study the non-equilibrium dynamics of spinless fermions with dephasing noise in the framework of a many-particle Lindblad equation. Using a mapping to the exactly solvable one-dimensional Hubbard model with purely imaginary tunneling amplitude we analyze the Heisenberg-picture dynamics of operators quartic in fermions and determine their hydrodynamic projections. We construct the relevant diffusive eigenoperators explicitly and show that, in the quartic sector, they can be interpreted as interacting pairs of bilinear hydrodynamic modes. As a consequence, translationally invariant quartic operators generically exhibit non-vanishing diffusive late-time tails, unlike translationally invariant bilinears. Our results show that the hydrodynamic tails of microscopic operators cannot in general be inferred from symmetry constraints or coarse-grained fluctuating hydrodynamics alone; they also depend crucially on the spatial structure and effective size of the hydrodynamic eigenoperators.
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| s0 | We study the non-equilibrium dynamics of spinless fermions with dephasing noise in the framework of a many-particle Lindblad equation. | contribution 0.87 | 0.93 | 0.02 | asserted 0.89 |
| s1 | Using a mapping to the exactly solvable one-dimensional Hubbard model with purely imaginary tunneling amplitude we analyze the Heisenberg-picture dynamics of operators quartic in fermions and determine their hydrodynamic projections. | method 0.99 | 0.94 | 0.04 | asserted 0.98 |
| s2 | We construct the relevant diffusive eigenoperators explicitly and show that, in the quartic sector, they can be interpreted as interacting pairs of bilinear hydrodynamic modes. | result 0.47 | 0.97 | 0.19 | asserted 1.00 |
| s3 | As a consequence, translationally invariant quartic operators generically exhibit non-vanishing diffusive late-time tails, unlike translationally invariant bilinears. | result 0.94 | 0.91 | 0.32 | asserted 0.99 |
| s4 | Our results show that the hydrodynamic tails of microscopic operators cannot in general be inferred from symmetry constraints or coarse-grained fluctuating hydrodynamics alone; they also depend crucially on the spatial structure and effective size of the hydrodynamic eigenoperators. | interpretation 0.98 | 0.90 | 0.83 | asserted 1.00 |
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The late time limit we have considered above applies to the lattice model itself and is very different from continuum scaling limits that have been considered for the QSSEP and similar models [ref] .
Universal classical and quantum fluctuations in the large deviations of current of noisy quantum systems: Quantum symmetric simple exclusion and inclusion processes · Diffusive continuum scaling limit · 0.91
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The late time limit we have considered above applies to the lattice model itself and is very different from continuum scaling limits that have been considered for the QSSEP and similar models [ref] .
2602.16544 · Diffusive continuum scaling limit · 0.91
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