Robust many-body quantum batteries

Abstract:Realistic work extraction from many-body quantum batteries must be local. However, only a small fraction of energy eigenstates of a generic many-body system, called scars, can support local extraction. The remaining bulk is useless for the task due to the eigenstate thermalization hypothesis. Here we devise a universal low-complexity protocol that steers any initial state towards exactly one scar---representing a charged state of the battery---from which a macroscopic amount of work can be extracted using local unitary operations. This is achieved by leveraging the nontrivial interplay of engineered dissipation and continuous indirect measurement that, in addition, leads to enhanced stability and charging speed compared to any other strategy using these processes independently. Moreover, the protocol works directly on the hardware level, in that it requires no simulation or suppression of interactions between subsystems. Our construction thereby enables macroscopic charge storage in steady states of generic nonintegrable many-body systems indefinitely, from which a reliable stream of work can be extracted via purely local means.

arXiv:2609.20966 [quant-ph]

(or arXiv:2609.20966v1 [quant-ph] for this version)

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