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Tingfei Li

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arXiv2026

Rare-History Transitions in Temporally Random Integrable Quantum Circuits

We study current fluctuations in a temporally random integrable quantum circuit. Commutativity reduces every drive history exactly to its layer composition, turning annealed fluctuations into a competition between current gain and the large-deviation cost of rare compositions. For each fixed composition, homogeneous thermodynamic Bethe ansatz dressing supplemented by ballistic fluctuation theory yields the conditional current statistics. Their annealed large-deviation contraction predicts a first-order switch between two dominant history classes, terminating on a line of regular cusp endpoints. Finite-time analysis shows how the switch is rounded. Thus temporal randomness can act as an emergent order-parameter-like coordinate in trajectory space.

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arXiv2026

Nonisospectral Integrability and Exact Current Fluctuations in the Two-Dimensional SSEP

We study annealed current fluctuations in the two-dimensional symmetric simple exclusion process (SSEP) across a circular passive counting boundary. The initial average density is $\rho_1$ inside a disk of radius $R$ and $\rho_2$ outside, and the observable is the net decrease of the particle number in the disk over a finite time. Using convexity of the macroscopic fluctuation theory action and rotational averaging, we show that the minimizer of the full two-dimensional variational problem may be chosen radially symmetric. For the resulting radial problem, a suitable change of variables leads to a nonisospectral formulation on the half-line. Combining the associated scattering construction with a scalar factorization, we obtain a closed expression for the scaled cumulant generating function and hence the annealed large-deviation statistics of the current.

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arXiv2026

Energy Transport in Randomly Coupled Quantum Systems: A Perturbative Approach

We study energy transport between two quantum systems coupled through a random interaction. The central feature of our approach is to model the coupling as a Gaussian random matrix, which enables a simple and systematic perturbative expansion. In the large-$N$ limit, we derive explicit expressions for the energy transfer rate and heat conductance up to second order in the coupling strength. Using spectral methods and diagrammatic expansions, we obtain the leading- and next-to-leading-order contributions to the energy transfer rate. We illustrate our results through explicit calculations for Gaussian, constant, semicircular, and Gamma densities of states.

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arXiv2026

Statistics of Matrix Elements of Operators in a Disorder-Free SYK model

Recently, studies have explored the statistics of matrix elements of local operators in the Lieb-Liniger model. It was found that the probability distribution function for off-diagonal matrix elements $\langle \boldsymbol{\mu}|\mathcal{O}|\boldsymbol{\lambda} \rangle$ within the same macro-state is well described by the Fr\'{e}chet distributions. This represents a significant development for the Eigenstate Thermalization Hypothesis (ETH). In this paper, we investigate a similar phenomenon in another solvable model: the disorder-free Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev (SYK) model. The Hamiltonian of this model consists of 4-body interactions of Majorana fermions. Unlike the conventional SYK model, the coupling strengths in this model are fixed to a constant, earning it the name ``disorder-free.'' We evaluate the matrix elements of operators constructed from products of $n$ Majorana fermions: $\mathcal{O} = \chi_{a_1}\chi_{a_2}\ldots \chi_{a_n}$. For a general choice of indices and $n \geq 4$, we find that the statistics of the off-diagonal matrix elements are well-fitted by a generalized inverse Gaussian distribution rather than Fr\'{e}chet distributions.

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arXiv2026

Higher-Order Corrections to Scrambling Dynamics in Brownian Spin SYK Models

We investigate operator growth in a Brownian spin Sachdev--Ye--Kitaev (SYK) model with random all-to-all interactions, focusing on the full operator-size distribution. For Hamiltonians containing interactions of order two up to $L$, we derive a closed master equation for the Pauli-string expansion coefficients and recast their dynamics into a generating-function formulation suitable for the large-$N$ limit. This approach allows us to diagonalize the leading-order evolution operator explicitly and obtain exact solutions for arbitrary initial operator distributions, including the effects of decoherence. Going beyond leading order, we develop a systematic $1/N$ expansion that captures higher-order corrections to the operator-size dynamics and the late-time behavior. Our results demonstrate that higher-order effects play a crucial role in operator scrambling and that the full operator-size distribution provides a more refined probe of quantum chaos in Brownian and open quantum systems.

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arXiv2025

Spectral form factor of quadratic $R$-para-particle SYK model with Random Matrix Coupling

This paper investigates the spectral form factor (SFF) of the quadratic $R$-para-particle Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev ($R$-PSYK$_2$) model with various random matrix ensemble couplings. We generalize previous work on Gaussian Unitary Ensemble (GUE) couplings to all three Gaussian ensembles (GUE, GOE, GSE) and three circular ensembles (CUE, COE, CSE). Through analytical and numerical methods, we establish precise correspondences between GUE and CUE results, demonstrating their SFFs satisfy $\mathcal{K}_{\text{GUE}}(2t) \approx \mathcal{K}_{\text{CUE}}(t)$ in the time regime $1 \ll t \ll N$. For the symplectic ensembles, we observe similar behavior with appropriate time rescaling, while we only provide the calculation method for the orthogonal ensembles.

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arXiv2025

Note on the $q=2$ $R$-para-fermionic SYK model

We investigate the $q=2$ SYK model with $R$-para-particles ($R$-PSYK$_2$), analyzing its thermodynamics and spectral form factor (SFF) using random matrix theory. The Hamiltonian is quadratic, with coupling coefficients randomly drawn from the Gaussian Unitary Ensemble (GUE). The model displays self-averaging behavior and exhibits an exponential ramp in its SFF dynamics: $\mathcal{K}(t) \sim e^{C_0t}$. The growth rate $C_0$ tends toward either a constant or infinity in the $N\to \infty$ limit, depending on specific statistics of the model. These results provide novel perspectives on quantum systems with unconventional statistics.

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arXiv2025

Noise effects on the diagnostics of quantum chaos

This paper investigates the effects of noise on the diagnostics of quantum chaos, focusing on three primary tools: the spectral form factor (SFF), Krylov complexity, and out-of-time correlators (OTOCs). Utilizing a closed quantum system model with white noise, we demonstrate that increasing noise strength leads to an exponential suppression of these diagnostic measures. Specifically, our findings reveal that in the strong noise limit, the SFF, two-point correlation function, and OTOCs become ineffective in distinguishing chaotic behavior. The SFF is particularly impacted, exhibiting a significant decay that obscures its ability to identify quantum chaos. This study highlights the challenges posed by environmental noise in accurately diagnosing quantum chaotic systems and suggests that traditional methods may require adaptation to remain effective in realistic open quantum systems. Our results underscore the need for further research into robust diagnostic techniques that can account for noise-induced effects in quantum chaotic systems.

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arXiv2025

Graph-Theoretic Analysis of $n$-Replica Time Evolution in the Brownian Gaussian Unitary Ensemble

In this paper, we investigate the $n$-replica time evolution operator $\mathcal{U}_n(t)\equiv e^{\mathcal{L}_nt} $ for the Brownian Gaussian Unitary Ensemble (BGUE) using a graph-theoretic approach. We examine the moments of the generating operator $\mathcal{L}_n$, which governs the Euclidean time evolution within an auxiliary $D^{2n}$-dimensional Hilbert space, where $D$ represents the dimension of the Hilbert space for the original system. Explicit representations for the cases of $n = 2$ and $n = 3$ are derived, emphasizing the role of graph categorization in simplifying calculations. Furthermore, we present a general approach to streamline the calculation of time evolution for arbitrary $n$, supported by a detailed example of $n = 4$. Our results demonstrate that the $n$-replica framework not only facilitates the evaluation of various observables but also provides valuable insights into the relationship between Brownian disordered systems and quantum information theory.

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arXiv2024

Solving arbitrary one-loop reduction via generating function

Recently, the concept of generating function has been employed in one-loop reduction. For one-loop integrals encompassing arbitrary tensor ranks and higher-pole contributions, the generating function can be decomposed into a tensor part and a higher-pole part. While the tensor component has been thoroughly addressed in recent studies, there remains a lack of satisfactory investigations regarding the higher-pole part. In this work, we completely solve the problem. We first establish the partial differential equations governing the higher-pole generating function. Based on these equations, we derive an integration recursion relation and solve it iteratively. This approach enables us to explore the analytical structure of higher-pole reduction and provides a valuable tool for generating reduction coefficients efficiently.

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arXiv2023

An Explicit Expression of Generating Function for One-Loop Tensor Reduction

This work introduces an explicit expression for the generation function for the reduction of an $n$-gon to an $(n-k)$-gon. A novel recursive relation of generation function is formulated based on Feynman Parametrization in projective space, involving a single ordinary differential equation. The explicit formulation of generation functions provides crucial insights into the complex analytic structure inherent in loop amplitudes.

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arXiv2023

Nontrivial One-loop Recursive Reduction Relation

In arXiv:2204.03190, we proposed a universal method to reduce one-loop integrals with both tensor structure and higher-power propagators. But the method is quite redundant as it does not utilize the results of lower rank cases when addressing certain tensor integrals. Recently, we found a remarkable recursion relation arXiv:2203.16881,2205.03000, where a tensor integral is reduced to lower-rank integrals and \textit{lower terms} corresponding to integrals with one or more propagators being canceled. However, the expression of the lower terms is unknown. In this paper, we derive this non-trivial recursion relation for non-degenerate and degenerate cases and provides an explicit expression for the lower terms, thus simplifying and speeding up the reduction process.

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arXiv2022

PV-Reduction of Sunset Topology with Auxiliary Vector

Passarino-Veltman (PV) reduction method has been proved to be very useful for the computation of general one-loop integrals. However, not much progress has been made when applying to higher loops. Recently, we have improved the PV-reduction method by introducing an auxiliary vector. In this paper, we apply our new method to the simplest two-loop integrals, i.e., the sunset topology. We show how to use differential operators to establish algebraic recursion relations for reduction coefficients. Our algorithm can be easily applied to the reduction of integrals with arbitrary high-rank tensor structures. We demonstrate the efficiency of our algorithm by computing the reduction with the total tensor rank up to four.

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arXiv2022

Reduction with Degenerate Gram matrix for One-loop Integrals

An improved PV-reduction method for one-loop integrals with auxiliary vector $R$ has been proposed in \cite{Feng:2021enk,Hu:2021nia}. It has also been shown that the new method is a self-completed method in \cite{Feng:2022uqp}. Analytic reduction coefficients can be easily produced by recursion relations in this method, where the Gram determinant appears in denominators. The singularity caused by Gram determinant is a well-known fact and it is important to address these divergences in a given frame. In this paper, we propose a systematical algorithm to deal with this problem in our method. The key idea is that now the master integral of the highest topology will be decomposed into combinations of master integrals of lower topologies. By demanding the cancellation of divergence for obtained general reduction coefficients, we solve decomposition coefficients as a Taylor series of the Gram determinant. Moreover, the same idea can be applied to other kinds of divergences.

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arXiv2022

Universal Treatment of Reduction for One-Loop Integrals in Projective Space

Recently a nice work about the understanding of one-loop integrals has been done in [1] using the tricks of the projective space language associated to their Feynman parametrization. We find this language is also very suitable to deal with the reduction problem of one-loop integrals with general tensor structures as well as propagators with arbitrary higher powers. In this paper, we show that how to combine Feynman parametrization and embedding formalism to give a universal treatment of reductions for general one-loop integrals, even including the degenerated cases, such as the vanishing Gram determinant. Results from this method can be written in a compact and symmetric form.

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arXiv2022

Reduction of General One-loop Integrals Using Auxiliary Vector

As a key method to deal with loop integrals, Integration-By-Parts (IBP) method can be used to do reduction as well as establish the differential equations for master integrals. However, when talking about tensor reduction, the Passarino-Veltman (PV) reduction method is also widely used for one-loop integrals. Recently, we have proposed an improved PV reduction method, i.e., the PV reduction method with auxiliary vector $R$, which can easily give analytical reduction results for any tensor rank. However, our results are only for integrals with propagators with power one. In this paper, we generalize our method to one-loop integrals with general tensor structures and propagators with general powers. Our ideas are simple. We solve the generalised reduction problem by combining differentiation over masses and proper limit of reduction with power-one propagators. Finally, we demonstrate our method with several examples. With the result in this paper, we have shown that our improved PV-reduction method with auxiliary vector is a self-completed reduction method for one-loop integrals.

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arXiv2021

One-loop Feynman Integral Reduction by Differential Operators

For loop integrals, the standard method is reduction. A well-known reduction method for one-loop integrals is the Passarino-Veltman reduction. Inspired by the recent paper [1] where the tadpole reduction coefficients have been solved, in this paper we show the same technique can be used to give a complete integral reduction for any one-loop integrals. The differential operator method is an improved version of the PV-reduction method. Using this method, analytic expressions of all reduction coefficients of the master integrals can be given by algebraic recurrence relation easily. We demonstrate our method explicitly with several examples.

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arXiv2021

Analytic Tadpole Coefficients of One-loop Integrals

One remaining problem of unitarity cut method for one-loop integral reduction is that tadpole coefficients can not be straightforward obtained through this way. In this paper, we reconsider the problem by applying differential operators over an auxiliary vector $R$. Using differential operators, we establish the corresponding differential equations for tadpole coefficients at the first step. Then using the tensor structure of tadpole coefficients, we transform the differential equations to the recurrence relations for undetermined tensor coefficients. These recurrence relations can be solved easily by iteration, and we can obtain analytic expressions of tadpole coefficients for arbitrary one-loop integrals.

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