Perturbed Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev Model: A Polaron in the Hyperbolic Plane

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We study the Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev (SYK₄) model with a weak SYK₂ term of magnitude Γ beyond the simplest perturbative limit considered previously. For intermediate values of the perturbation strength, J/N ≪ Γ ≪ J/√N, fluctuations of the Schwarzian mode are suppressed, and the SYK₄ mean-field solution remains valid beyond the timescale t₀ ∼ N/J up to t∗∼J/Γ². The out-of-time-order correlation function displays at short time intervals exponential growth with maximal Lyapunov exponent 2πT, but its prefactor scales as T at low temperatures T ≤ Γ.

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