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Boning Huang

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arXiv2026

Weak ergodicity breaking without nonthermal eigenstates

The typical mechanisms of ergodicity breaking in isolated interacting quantum systems, such as many-body localization and quantum many-body scars, originate from the nonthermal nature of the underlying eigenstates. Here, in the absence of nonthermal eigenstates, we identify a mechanism for collective revivals of multiparticle Wannier states (MWSs) associated with nearly linear bands in a spatially modulated Bose-Hubbard lattice. The MWSs, as superpositions of multiparticle Bloch states within individual energy bands, give rise to band-resolved Wannier-sector fragmentation. The key idea is that spatially periodic modulation folds and separates energy bands of a simple lattice into several sub-bands, among which nearly linear sub-bands inherit the linear segments of the original bands. Although multiparticle Bloch states satisfy the eigenstate thermalization hypothesis (ETH), the MWSs in the nearly linear band still exhibit long-lived collective revivals, due to emergent equally spaced energy levels. Our work provides a route to weak ergodicity breaking in which long-lived revivals arise from spectral phase coherence among ETH-satisfying eigenstates rather than from scar-like nonthermal eigenstates.

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arXiv2026

Correlated dynamics of three-particle bound states induced by emergent impurities in Bose-Hubbard model

Bound states, known as particles tied together and moving as a whole, are profound correlated effects induced by particle-particle interactions. While dimer-monomer bound states are manifested as a single particle attached to a dimer bound pair, it is still unclear about quantum walks and Bloch oscillations of dimer-monomer bound states. Here, we revisit three-particle bound states in the Bose-Hubbard model and find that interaction-induced impurities adjacent to bound pair and boundaries cause two kinds of bound states: one is dimer-monomer bound state and the other is bound edge state. In quantum walks, the spread velocity of dimer-monomer bound state is determined by the maximal group velocity of their energy band, which is much smaller than that in the single-particle case. In Bloch oscillations, the period of dimer-monomer bound states is one third of that in the single-particle case. Emergence of bound edge states also requires that interaction-induced defects are greater than the effective tunneling strength of three-particle bound state. Our work provides new insights to basic mechanics and collective dynamics of three-particle bound states.

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arXiv2024

Topological pumping induced by spatiotemporal modulation of interaction

Particle-particle interaction provides a new degree of freedom to induce novel topological phenomena. Here, we propose to use spatiotemporal modulation of interaction to realize topological pumping without single-particle counterpart. Because the modulation breaks time-reversal symmetry, the multiparticle energy bands of bound states have none-zero Chern number, and support topological bound edge states. In a Thouless pump, a bound state that uniformly occupies a topological energy band can be shifted by integer unit cells per cycle, consistent with the corresponding Chern number. We can also realize topological pumping of bound edge state from one end to another. The entanglement entropy between particles rapidly increases at transition points, which is related to the spatial spread of a bounded pair. In addition, we propose to realize hybridized pumping with fractional displacement per cycle by adding an extra tilt potential to separate topological pumping of the bound state and Bloch oscillations of single particle. Our work could trigger further studies of correlated topological phenomena that do not have a single-particle counterpart.

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arXiv2023

Interaction-induced multiparticle bound states in the continuum

Bound states in the continuum (BICs) are localized modes residing in the radiation continuum. They were first predicted for single-particle states, and became a general feature of many wave systems. In many-body quantum physics, it is still unclear what would be a close analog of BICs, and whether interparticle interaction may induce BICs. Here, we predict a novel type of multiparticle states in the interaction-modulated Bose-Hubbard model that can be associated with the BIC concept. Under periodic boundary conditions, a so-called quasi-BIC appears as a bound pair residing in a standing wave formed by the third particle. Under open boundary conditions, such a hybrid state becomes an eigenstate of the system. We demonstrate that the Thouless pumping of the quasi-BICs can be realized by modulating the onsite interactions in space and time. Surprisingly, while the center-of-mass of the quasi-BIC is shifted by a unit cell in one cycle, the bound pair moves in the opposite direction with the standing wave.

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