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Non-Hermitian systems driven along slow parametric loops undergo non-adiabatic transitions whose outcome depends sensitively on the driving speed, yet no explicit formula has been available for the critical timescale $T_{\mathrm{cr}}$ at…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-03 Giorgos Pappas , Diego Bautista Avilés , Luis E. F. Foa Torres , Vassos Achilleos

Percolation in a scale-free hierarchical network is solved exactly by renormalization-group theory, in terms of the different probabilities of short-range and long-range bonds. A phase of critical percolation, with algebraic…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2009-12-14 A. Nihat Berker , Michael Hinczewski , Roland R. Netz

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

We study a non-Hermitian non-Abelian topological insulator preserving $PT$ symmetry, where the non-Hermitian term represents nonreciprocal hoppings. As it increases, a spontaneous $PT$ symmetry breaking transition occurs in the perfect-flat…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-10-04 Motohiko Ezawa

We study topological properties of one-dimensional non-Hermitian systems without chiral symmetry and give phase diagrams characterized by topological invariants $\nu_E$ and $\nu_{total}$, associated with complex energy vorticity and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-11-16 Hui Jiang , Chao Yang , Shu Chen

Topological theory predicts the necessary conditions for robust dimensional reduction in a host of quantum and classical systems. Models have recently been proposed for stochastic systems which describe many biological and chemical…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-10-14 Aleksandra Nelson , Evelyn Tang

The cooperation between time-periodic driving fields and non-Hermitian effects could endow systems with distinctive spectral and transport properties. In this work, we uncover an intriguing class of non-Hermitian Floquet matter in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-08-16 Longwen Zhou , Wenqian Han

We perform a theoretical study of nonlinear optical isolator devices based on coupled microcavities with gain and loss. Using coupled-mode theory, we derive a correspondence between the boundary of asymptotic stability in the nonlinear…

Optics · Physics 2016-03-25 Xin Zhou , Yidong Chong

We study time-reversal symmetry breaking in non-Hermitian fluctuating field theories with conserved dynamics, comprising the mesoscopic descriptions of a wide range of nonequilibrium phenomena. They exhibit continuous parity-time…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2023-09-08 Thomas Suchanek , Klaus Kroy , Sarah A. M. Loos

Non-Hermitian quasicrystal forms a unique class of matter with symmetry-breaking, localization and topological transitions induced by gain and loss or nonreciprocal effects. In this work, we introduce a non-Abelian generalization of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-02-23 Longwen Zhou

We study topological transitions in one dimensional superconductors that can harbor multiple edge Majorana bound states protected by chiral symmetry. The chiral symmetry arises due to the structure of the internal spin degrees of freedom of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-05-05 Kristian Løvås Svalland , Maria Teresa Mercaldo , Mario Cuoco

We introduce a correlated static model and investigate a percolation transition. The model is a modification of the static model and is characterized by assortative degree-degree correlation. As one varies the edge density, the network…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-05-13 Sang-Woo Kim , Jae Dong Noh

The pursuit of topological phenomena in non-Hermitian systems has unveiled new physics beyond the conventional Hermitian paradigm, yet their realization in interacting many-body platforms remains a critical challenge. Exploring this…

Constructing systems that exhibit time-scales much longer than those of the underlying components, as well as emergent dynamical and collective behavior, is a key goal in fields such as synthetic biology and materials self-assembly.…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2021-07-22 Evelyn Tang , Jaime Agudo-Canalejo , Ramin Golestanian

We propose a one-dimensional nonlinear system of coupled anharmonic oscillators that dynamically undergoes a topological transition switching from the {disordered} and topologically trivial phase into the nontrivial one due to the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-07-25 Roman S. Savelev , Maxim A. Gorlach , Alexander N. Poddubny

Non-Hermitian systems can exhibit extraordinary sensitivity to boundary conditions. Given that topological boundary modes and non-Hermitian skin effects can either coexist or individually appear in non-Hermitian systems, it is of great…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-02-27 Xintong Zhang , Jing Li

Recently, many novel and exotic phases have been proposed by considering the role of topology in non-Hermitian systems, and their emergent properties are of wide current interest. In this work we propose the non-Hermitian generalization of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-10-12 Ayan Banerjee , Awadhesh Narayan

We discuss the short-time perturbative expansion of the linear entropy for finite-dimensional quantum systems whose dynamics can be effectively described by a non-Hermitian Hamiltonian. We derive a timescale for the degree of mixedness for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-02-07 Diego Paiva Pires , Tommaso Macrì

We propose a scheme comprising an array of anisotropic optical waveguides, embedded in a gas of cold atoms, which can be tuned from a Hermitian to an odd-PT -- symmetric configuration through the manipulation of control and assistant laser…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-04-19 Chao Hang , Dmitry A. Zezyulin , Guoxiang Huang , Vladimir V. Konotop

We study the properties of an N-site tight-binding ring with parity and time-reversal (PT) symmetric, Hermitian, site-dependent tunneling and a pair of non-Hermitian, PT-symmetric, loss and gain impurities $\pm i\gamma$. The properties of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-10-24 Derek D. Scott , Yogesh N. Joglekar