journal article·2019-12-20Open access

Dynamic spin localization and γ -magnets

Vladimir Y. Chernyak, Nikolai A. Sinitsyn, Chen Sun

Physical Review B· Volume 100· Issue 22

Abstract

We explore an unusual type of quantum matter that can be realized by qubits having different physical origins. Interactions in this matter are described by essentially different coupling operators for all qubits. We show that the simplest such models, which can be realized with localized states in Dirac materials, satisfy integrability conditions that we use to describe pseudospin dynamics in a linearly time-dependent magnetic field. Generalizing to an arbitrary number of qubits, we construct a spin Hamiltonian, which we call the $\ensuremath{\gamma}$-magnet. This system does not conserve polarization of any spin and the net spin polarization. Nevertheless, for arbitrarily strong interactions, nonadiabatic dynamics, and any initial eigenstate, we find that quantum interference suppresses spin flips. This behavior resembles many-body localization but occurs in phase space of many spins rather than real space. This effect may not have a counterpart in classical physics and can be a signature of a new type of spin ordering, which is different from both disordered spin glasses and ordered phases of spin lattices.
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