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$\mathbb{Z}_2$ Non-Hermitian skin effect in equilibrium heavy-fermions

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2023-05-30 v3

Abstract

We demonstrate that a correlated equilibrium ff-electron system with time-reversal symmetry can exhibit a Z2\mathbb{Z}_2 non-Hermitian skin effect of quasi-particles. In particular, we analyze a two-dimensional periodic Anderson model with spin-orbit coupling by combining the dynamical mean-field theory (DMFT) and the numerical renormalization group. We prove the existence of the Z2\mathbb{Z}_2 skin effect by explicitly calculating the topological invariant and show that spin-orbit interaction is essential to this effect. Our DMFT analysis demonstrates that the Z2\mathbb{Z}_2 skin effect of quasi-particles is reflected on the pseudo-spectrum. Furthermore, we analyze temperature effects on this skin effect using the generalized Brillouin zone technique, which clarifies that the skin modes are strongly localized above the Kondo temperature.

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@article{arxiv.2302.14366,
  title  = {$\mathbb{Z}_2$ Non-Hermitian skin effect in equilibrium heavy-fermions},
  author = {Shin Kaneshiro and Tsuneya Yoshida and Robert Peters},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2302.14366},
  year   = {2023}
}

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12 pages, 9 figures. References are updated. Published in PRB