Interferometric and bipartite out-of-time-ordered correlators for non-Markovian open quantum spin chains and the Lipkin-Meshkov-Glick model
Phys. Rev. A 112, 062222 – Published 17 December, 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/1pbj-7w8q
Abstract
The information scrambling phenomena in an open quantum system modeled by Ising spin chains coupled to Lipkin-Meshkov-Glick (LMG) baths are observed via an interferometric method for obtaining out-of-time-ordered correlators (). We also use an anisotropic bath connecting to a system of tilted field Ising spin chains in order to confirm that such situations are suitable for the emergence of ballistic spreading of information manifested in the light cones in the profiles. Bipartite OTOC is also calculated for a bipartite open system, and its behavior is compared with that of the of a two-spin open system to get a picture of what these measures reveal about the nature of scrambling in different parameter regimes. Additionally, the presence of distinct phases in the LMG model motivated an independent analysis of its scrambling properties, where diagnostics revealed that quantum chaos emerges exclusively in the symmetry-broken phase.
