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Non-Hermitian topological systems have attracted a lot of research activities in recent times, both theoretically and experimentally, due to their unique physical properties and association with open quantum systems. We show that modular…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-29 Saubhik Sarkar , Chiranjib Mukhopadhyay , Abolfazl Bayat

Dynamical quantum phase transitions (DQPTs), which serve as a theoretical framework for understanding far-from-equilibrium physics in quantum many-body systems, have recently been observed experimentally. Their topological properties are…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-05-07 Bao-Ming Xu

Dynamical quantum phase transitions (DQPTs) feature singular temporal behavior in transient quantum states during nonequilibrium real-time evolution. In this work we show that DQPTs in random Ising chains exhibit critical behavior with…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2021-10-04 Daniele Trapin , Jad C. Halimeh , Markus Heyl

Dynamical phase transitions (DPTs), characterized by non-analytic behaviors in time domain, extend the equilibrium phase transitions to far-from-equilibrium situations. It has been predicted that DPTs can be precisely identified by the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-07-30 Tian Tian , Yongguan Ke , Liang Zhang , Shaochun Lin , Zhifu Shi , Pu Huang , Chaohong Lee , Jiangfeng Du

The non-trivial topological features in the energy band of non-Hermitian systems provide promising pathways to achieve robust physical behaviors in classical or quantum open systems. A key topological feature, unique to non-Hermitian…

Dynamical phase transitions (DPT) are characterized by nonanalytical time evolution of the dynamical free energy. For general 2-band systems in one and two dimensions (eg. SSH model, Kitaev-chain, Haldane model, p+ip superconductor, etc.),…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-04-22 Szabolcs Vajna , Balázs Dóra

Despite acute interest in the dynamics of non-Hermitian systems, there is a lack of consensus in the mathematical formulation of non-Hermitian quantum mechanics in the community. Different methodologies are used in the literature to study…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-03-31 Karin Sim , Nicolò Defenu , Paolo Molignini , R. Chitra

We investigate quantum quenches and the Loschmidt echo in the two dimensional, three band $\alpha-T_3$ model, a close descendant of the dice lattice. By adding a chemical potential to the central site, the integral of the Berry curvature of…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2020-05-27 Balázs Gulácsi , Markus Heyl , Balázs Dóra

We investigate the interplay between the non-Hermiticity and finite temperature in the context of mixed state dynamical quantum phase transition (MSDQPT). We consider a $p$-wave superconductor model, encompassing complex hopping and…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2023-05-26 Debashish Mondal , Tanay Nag

We study the quantum phase diagram and the onset of quantum critical phenomena in a generalized Dicke model that includes collective qubit-qubit interactions. By employing semiclassical techniques, we analyze the corresponding classical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-09-21 Ricardo Herrera Romero , Miguel Angel Bastarrachea-Magnani , Román Linares

A conventional quantum phase transition (QPT) can be accessed by varying a real parameter at absolute zero temperature. Motivated by the discovery of the pseudo-Hermiticity of non-Hermitian systems, we explore the QPT in non-Hermitian…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-07-16 C. Li , G. Zhang , X. Z. Zhang , Z. Song

The competition between unitary time-evolution and quantum measurements could induce phase transitions in the entanglement characteristics of quantum many-body dynamics. In this work, we reveal such entanglement transitions in the context…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-04-24 Longwen Zhou

Signaled by non-analyticities in the time evolution of physical observables, dynamic quantum phase transitions (DQPTs) emerge in quench dynamics of topological systems and possess an interesting geometric origin captured by dynamic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-01-23 Kunkun Wang , Xingze Qiu , Lei Xiao , Xiang Zhan , Zhihao Bian , Wei Yi , Peng Xue

The motivation for studying non-Hermitian systems and the role of $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetry is discussed. We investigate the use of a quantum algorithm to find the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of non-Hermitian Hamiltonians, with applications…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-01-29 James Hancock , Matthew J. Craven , Craig McNeile , Davide Vadacchino

We investigate quantum phase transitions (QPTs) in spin chain systems characterized by local Hamiltonians with matrix product ground states. We show how to theoretically engineer such QPT points between states with predetermined properties.…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-11 Michael M. Wolf , Gerardo Ortiz , Frank Verstraete , J. Ignacio Cirac

The multipartite non-Hermitian Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model is explored as a prototypical example of one-dimensional systems with several sublattice sites for unveiling intriguing insulating and metallic phases with no Hermitian counterparts.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-05-10 Ritu Nehra , Dibyendu Roy

Much has been learned regarding dynamical quantum phase transition (DQPT) due to sudden quenches across quantum critical points in traditional quantum systems. However, not much has been explored when a system undergoes a…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2021-06-29 Ranjan Modak , Debraj Rakshit

Parity-time ($\mathcal{PT}$) symmetry plays an important role both in non-Hermitian and topological systems. In non-Hermitian systems $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetry can lead to an entirely real energy spectrum, while in topological systems…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-12-18 W. B. Rui , Moritz M. Hirschmann , Andreas P. Schnyder

Phase transitions, non-Hermiticity and nonreciprocity play central roles in fundamental physics. However, the triple interplay of these three fields is of lack in the quantum domain. Here, we show nonreciprocal parity-time-symmetric phase…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-04-23 Miao Cai , Jiang-Shan Tang , Ming-Yuan Chen , Keyu Xia

For decades, Hermiticity was considered an immutable axiom of quantum mechanics, essential for ensuring real energies and unitary evolution. This perspective has shifted radically, driven by the realization that non-Hermitian Hamiltonians…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-17 Federico Roccati , Federico Balducci