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Monitored free fermions under periodic driving

Aug 2026 · 0 citations · 74 references
Physics

Abstract

We investigate analytically and numerically a one-dimensional periodically driven free-fermionic system subjected to monitoring of the local particle density. Based on the analytical approach that describes the long-wavelength physics of the time-dependent Hamiltonian in the field-theoretical language using the nonlinear sigma-model (NLSM), we reveal that driving does not alter the universality class of the problem. As a consequence, the system retains the area-law behavior in the thermodynamic limit, with an intermediate diffusive regime giving rise to logarithmic growth of entanglement entropy for a small monitoring rate. At the same time, driving leads to a renormalization of the bare coupling constant of the NLSM, which controls the space-time ``conductivity''in the diffusive regime. We derive the analytic form of this renormalization, which becomes particularly strong in the case of a ``maximally symmetric''drive and sufficiently short driving period. In addition, we employ the Wiener-Hopf method to investigate the ballistic-diffusive crossover. These analytical predictions are corroborated by numerical simulations of the von-Neumann entanglement entropy and the density correlation function. Our numerical results clearly demonstrate that, with an increase in the system size, there are successive crossovers from ballistic to diffusive behavior and ultimately to localization. Furthermore, in the diffusive regime, we observe weak-localization corrections that are in agreement with the analytical predictions of the NLSM. Overall, our results provide a unified analytical and numerical framework for understanding the effects of monitoring in time-modulated fermionic systems, paving a way for broader investigations of driven quantum matter.

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