Zhi-Qiang Huang

On thermalization in random free fermions: Statistical origins and energy-dependent ETH structure

We study the thermalization in the random free fermion model by a detailed random-matrix analysis. By computing the ensemble average and fluctuations of $\operatorname{Tr}(A\rho(t))$ for a single-particle observable $A$, we derive the thermalization function $g^2(t/\tau_\lambda)$ with $\tau_\lambda = \hbar/(2\eta\sqrt{...