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This research presents an efficient analytical protocol for identifying excitable zero-modes in kinetically constrained systems, specifically leveraging Rydberg atom array models. By utilizing eigendecomposition of local Hamiltonians, the study derives continuous matrix-product-state manifolds that span exponentially large subspaces within the zero-energy eigenspace. These findings advance the theoretical understanding of quantum many-body scars and offer new tools for probing atypical eigenstates in constrained quantum environments.
Efficient search for excitable zero-modes in constrained systems
arXiv:2608.31165v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Kinetically constrained systems, such as those representing Rydberg atom arrays in the blockade regime, have gathered considerable attention due to the presence of atypical eigenstates in their spectrum. The latter manifests itself through the presence of quantum many-body scars as well as unusually large zero-mode (ZM) subspaces which contain analytically tractable eigenstates with various entanglement scalings. In particular, some of the latter are excitable zero-modes (EZMs), meaning that they can be promoted to a non-zero energy for open boundary conditions. In this work, I present an efficient protocol for finding analytical expressions for translation-invariant EZMs in constrained systems, based on the eigendecomposition of the local unconstrained Hamiltonian. I demonstrate the power of this method on a decorated Rydberg chain. In that model, my protocol directly produces a continuous matrix-product-state manifold located entirely in the zero-energy eigenspace for periodic boundary conditions. The span of that manifold grows exponentially with the system, and for odd system sizes it covers the entire zero-momentum eigenspace with zero energy. I then show how the physical structure of the manifold, which is tied to the local eigenbasis, also allows one to derive analytical expressions for ZMs at non-zero momentum and for a polynomial number of exact scars at $E=\pm\sqrt{3}$.
Abstract:Kinetically constrained systems, such as those representing Rydberg atom arrays in the blockade regime, have gathered considerable attention due to the presence of atypical eigenstates in their spectrum. The latter manifests itself through the presence of quantum many-body scars as well as unusually large zero-mode (ZM) subspaces which contain analytically tractable eigenstates with various entanglement scalings. In particular, some of the latter are excitable zero-modes (EZMs), meaning that they can be promoted to a non-zero energy for open boundary conditions. In this work, I present an efficient protocol for finding analytical expressions for translation-invariant EZMs in constrained systems, based on the eigendecomposition of the local unconstrained Hamiltonian. I demonstrate the power of this method on a decorated Rydberg chain. In that model, my protocol directly produces a continuous matrix-product-state manifold located entirely in the zero-energy eigenspace for periodic boundary conditions. The span of that manifold grows exponentially with the system, and for odd system sizes it covers the entire zero-momentum eigenspace with zero energy. I then show how the physical structure of the manifold, which is tied to the local eigenbasis, also allows one to derive analytical expressions for ZMs at non-zero momentum and for a polynomial number of exact scars at $E=\pm\sqrt{3}$.
Quantum Physics (quant-ph); Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech); Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
arXiv:2608.31165 [quant-ph]
(or arXiv:2608.31165v1 [quant-ph] for this version)
https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2608.31165 Focus to learn more arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite (pending registration)
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