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THU: Thursday Contributed Sessions
THU 12: Quantum Thermalization: Contributed Session to Symposium
THU 12.2: Talk
Thursday, September 11, 2025, 14:30–14:45, ZHG105
Eigenstate Thermalization Hypothesis correlations via non-linear Hydrodynamics — •Jiaozi Wang1, Ruchira Mishra2, Tian-Hua Yang3, Luca V. Delacrétaz2, and Silvia Pappalardi4 — 1U Osnabrück, Germany — 2U Chicago, USA — 3U Princeton, USA — 4U Köln,, Germany
The thermalizing dynamics of many-body systems is often described through the lens of the Eigenstate Thermalization Hypothesis (ETH). ETH postulates that the statistical properties of observables, when expressed in the energy eigenbasis, are described by smooth functions, that also describe correlations among the matrix elements. However, the form of these functions is usually left undetermined. In this work, we investigate the structure of such smooth functions by focusing on their Fourier transform, recently identified as free cumulants. Using non-linear hydrodynamics, we provide a prediction for the late-time behavior of time-ordered free cumulants in the thermodynamic limit. The prediction is further corroborated by large-scale numerical simulations of a non-integrable spin-1 Ising model, which exhibits diffusive transport behavior. Good agreement is observed in both infinite and finite-temperature regimes and for a collection of local observables. Our results indicate that the smooth multi-point correlation functions within the ETH framework admit a universal hydrodynamic description at low frequencies.
Keywords: quantum statistical mechanics; eigenstate thermalization; hydrodynamics; quantum chaos; spin chains