Full Eigenstate Thermalization in Quantum Field Theory and Gravitational Scrambling

arXiv:2609.17663 · hep-th, cond-mat.stat-mech, quant-ph · Submitted 2026-09-15 · Read on arXiv

hep-th, cond-mat.stat-mech, quant-ph

Submitted: 2026-09-15

Updated: 2026-09-15

Terminology

• Eigenstate Thermalization Hypothesis — 3× in this paper
• Chaotic Dynamics — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Clustering — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Eigenstate Thermalization Hypothesis (ETH) — 1× in this paper · explained in 4 episodes
• Frequency Dependence — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

Sources

• Black holes and the butterfly effect
• Multiple Shocks
• Stringy effects in scrambling
• Localized shocks
• Two-dimensional conformal field theory and the butterfly effect
• A bound on chaos
• The Large N Limit of Superconformal Field Theories and Supergravity
• Out-of-time-order correlators and quantum chaos
• Chaos in quantum channels
• Quantum chaos and the holographic principle
• Generalized Free Cumulants for Quantum Chaotic Systems
• Designs via Free Probability
• Emergent spacetime and the ergodic hierarchy
• Local Poincar'e Algebra from Quantum Chaos
• Quantum Signatures of Chaos from Free Probability
• Chaos and Quantum Thermalization
• The Eigenstate Thermalization Hypothesis and Out of Time Order Correlators
• Eigenstate Thermalization Hypothesis and Free Probability
• Bounds on chaos from the eigenstate thermalization hypothesis
• Quantum bounds and fluctuation-dissipation relations

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