Shift-invert diagonalization of large many-body localizing spin chains

We provide a pedagogical review on the calculation of highly excited eigenstates of disordered interacting quantum systems which can undergo a many-body localization (MBL) transition, using shift-invert exact diagonalization. We also provide an example code at https://bitbucket.org/dluitz/sinver...

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Main Author: Francesca Pietracaprina, Nicolas Macé, David J. Luitz, Fabien Alet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SciPost 2018-11-01
Series:SciPost Physics
Online Access:https://scipost.org/SciPostPhys.5.5.045
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Summary:We provide a pedagogical review on the calculation of highly excited eigenstates of disordered interacting quantum systems which can undergo a many-body localization (MBL) transition, using shift-invert exact diagonalization. We also provide an example code at https://bitbucket.org/dluitz/sinvert_mbl/. Through a detailed analysis of the simulational parameters of the random field Heisenberg spin chain, we provide a practical guide on how to perform efficient computations. We present data for mid-spectrum eigenstates of spin chains of sizes up to $L=26$. This work is also geared towards readers with interest in efficiency of parallel sparse linear algebra techniques that will find a challenging application in the MBL problem.
ISSN:2542-4653