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Global and nonlocal magic of quantum many-body scars
Publication: quant-ph updates on arXiv.org
Author: Lukas Ebner, Giovanni Cataldi, Kaidi Xu, Jad C. Halimeh, Emanuele Tirrito
Source published: 02/10/2026, 04:00:00 UTC
Briefing created: 02/10/2026, 04:14:01 UTC
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Briefings
A 2026 study by researchers analyzing $(1+1)$-dimensional Abelian lattice gauge theories at infinite temperature reveals that quantum many-body scars possess extensive global and nonlocal magic. The research derives an exact closed-form expression for nonlocal trace distance magic using only the Schmidt spectrum, reducing optimization problems to finite maximizations over stabilizer-compatible ranks. Key findings indicate that scar eigenstates can exhibit high nonlocal magic despite having anomalously low entanglement, and that constrained Hilbert spaces can generate irreducible nonlocal magic through stabilizer-incompatible Schmidt ranks.
Key points
- Researchers derived an exact closed-form expression for nonlocal trace distance magic using only the Schmidt spectrum of $(1+1)$-dimensional Abelian lattice gauge theories.
- Scar eigenstates can exhibit extensive global magic and large nonlocal magic despite having anomalously low entanglement, challenging traditional ergodicity assumptions.
Context and limitations
Analysis covers $(1+1)$-dimensional Abelian lattice gauge theories at infinite temperature via analytical and numerical methods; results are preliminary and subject to further validation.
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