Multifractal Scalings across the Many-Body Localization Transition

Nicolas Macé, Fabien Alet, Nicolas Laflorencie

Published 2018-12-26Version 1

In contrast with Anderson localization where a genuine localization is observed in real space, the many-body localization (MBL) problem is much less understood in the Hilbert space, support of the eigenstates. In this work, using exact diagonalization techniques we address the ergodicity properties in the underlying ${\cal{N}}$-dimensional complex networks spanned by various computational bases for up to $L=24$ spin-1/2 particles (i.e. Hilbert space of size ${\cal{N}}\simeq 2.7\,10^6$). We report fully ergodic eigenstates in the delocalized phase (irrespective of the computational basis), while the MBL regime features a generically (basis-dependent) multifractal behavior, delocalized but non-ergodic. The MBL transition is signaled by a non-universal jump of the multifractal dimensions.