Response theory at low temperature for weakly interacting quantum spin systems

arXiv:2610.25249 · math-ph, math.MP, quant-ph · Submitted 2026-10-18 · Read on arXiv

math-ph, math.MP, quant-ph

Submitted: 2026-10-18

Updated: 2026-10-18

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The gist: Recent work by Greenblatt, Lange, Marcelli, and Porta (Commun.

Abstract

Recent work by Greenblatt, Lange, Marcelli, and Porta (Commun. Math. Phys. 2024) provides the first rigorous justification of adiabatic theory for interacting quantum systems at positive temperature. Their analysis treats weakly interacting lattice fermions and combines a rigorous Wick rotation with fermionic cluster expansion techniques. Here, we study a class of weakly interacting quantum spin systems and derive response theory at positive temperature, thereby covering non-Fermi systems for the first time. Our proof identifies and exploits the locality property of local indistinguishability as a key ingredient in carrying out low-temperature adiabatic expansions. The fact that these systems satisfy local indistinguishability was recently established jointly with Adhikari (arXiv:2508.15907) using cluster expansion methods together with a probabilistic swapping trick.

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