Thermal Evolution and Disorder Dependence of the Bose-glass: Spatial, Spectral, and Localization Signatures
Abstract
In this work, we characterize the glassy character of the Bose-glass phase in a disordered Bose-Hubbard model using three complementary diagnostics: the finite-temperature spectral function, spatial inhomogeneity, and the inverse participation ratio. Spectral analysis, obtained from finite-temperature Green's function and random phase approximation, shows that disorder introduces localized low-energy states within the Mott gap, eventually closing the gap at sufficiently strong disorder. Spatial inhomogeneity, calculated using the Gutzwiller ansatz, increases sharply with disorder and then saturates at moderate disorder strengths. The inverse participation ratio has been calculated from the exact diagonalization of a small system, and it reveals enhanced localization with stronger disorder. Increasing temperature suppresses these disorder-induced features: the low-energy spectral weight diminishes, the spatial inhomogeneity varies more smoothly, and the IPR decreases. Taken together, these diagnostics show that disorder drives the development of glassy character, while thermal fluctuations gradually wash out its signatures. The early saturation of spatial inhomogeneity compared with the continued evolution of low-energy excitations and the inverse participation ratio demonstrates that no single diagnostic fully captures the evolution of the Bose-glass state, highlighting the need for a combined characterization.
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BibTeX
@misc{kabiraj2026thermal,
title = {{Thermal Evolution and Disorder Dependence of the Bose-glass: Spatial, Spectral, and Localization Signatures}},
author = {Madhumita Kabiraj and Raka Dasgupta},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2609.24247},
eprint = {2609.24247},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.24247},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Thermal Evolution and Disorder Dependence of the Bose-glass: Spatial, Spectral, and Localization Signatures
AU - Madhumita Kabiraj
AU - Raka Dasgupta
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/21
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2609.24247
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.24247
AB - In this work, we characterize the glassy character of the Bose-glass phase in a disordered Bose-Hubbard model using three complementary diagnostics: the finite-temperature spectral function, spatial inhomogeneity, and the inverse participation ratio. Spectral analysis, obtained from finite-temperature Green's function and random phase approximation, shows that disorder introduces localized low-energy states within the Mott gap, eventually closing the gap at sufficiently strong disorder. Spatial inhomogeneity, calculated using the Gutzwiller ansatz, increases sharply with disorder and then saturates at moderate disorder strengths. The inverse participation ratio has been calculated from the exact diagonalization of a small system, and it reveals enhanced localization with stronger disorder. Increasing temperature suppresses these disorder-induced features: the low-energy spectral weight diminishes, the spatial inhomogeneity varies more smoothly, and the IPR decreases. Taken together, these diagnostics show that disorder drives the development of glassy character, while thermal fluctuations gradually wash out its signatures. The early saturation of spatial inhomogeneity compared with the continued evolution of low-energy excitations and the inverse participation ratio demonstrates that no single diagnostic fully captures the evolution of the Bose-glass state, highlighting the need for a combined characterization.
ER -