Quantum Chaos, Random Matrices, and Irreversibility in Interacting Many-Body 
Quantum Systems

Weidenmüller, Hans A.

doi:10.3390/e24070959

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Quantum Chaos, Random Matrices, and Irreversibility in Interacting Many-Body Quantum Systems

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Weidenmüller, Hans A.
Prof. Hans A. Weidenmüller, Emeriti, MPI for Nuclear Physics, Max Planck Society;

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Weidenmüller, H. A. (2022). Quantum Chaos, Random Matrices, and Irreversibility in Interacting Many-Body Quantum Systems. Entropy, 24(7): 959. doi:10.3390/e24070959.

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The Pauli master equation describes the statistical equilibration of a closed quantum system. Simplifying and generalizing an approach developed in two previous papers, we present a derivation of that equation using concepts developed in quantum chaos and random-matrix theory. We assume that the system consists of subsystems with strong internal mixing. We can then model the system as an ensemble of random matrices. Equilibration results from averaging over the ensemble. The direction of the arrow of time is determined by an (ever-so-small) coupling to the outside world. The master equation holds for sufficiently large times if the average level densities in all subsystems are sufficiently smooth. These conditions are quantified in the text, and leading-order correction terms are given.