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We introduce a dissipative lattice gauge model that exhibits the many-body version of the non-Hermitian skin effect. The dissipative couplings between dynamical gauge fields on the lattice links and the surrounding environment generate…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-29 Yu-Min Hu , Zijian Wang , Biao Lian , Zhong Wang

The non-Hermitian skin effect (NHSE) is a phenomenon whereby certain non-Hermitian lattice Hamiltonians, particularly those with nonreciprocal couplings, can host an extensive number of eigenmodes condensed to the boundary, called skin…

Optics · Physics 2022-07-20 Qiang Wang , Changyan Zhu , You Wang , Baile Zhang , Yidong Chong

We show that a diagonalizable (non-Hermitian) Hamiltonian H is pseudo-Hermitian if and only if it has an antilinear symmetry, i.e., a symmetry generated by an invertible antilinear operator. This implies that the eigenvalues of H are real…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-06-26 Ali Mostafazadeh

A class of pseudo-hermitian quantum system with an explicit form of the positive-definite metric in the Hilbert space is presented. The general method involves a realization of the basic canonical commutation relations defining the quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-03-15 Pijush K. Ghosh

Non-Hermiticity significantly enriches the concepts of symmetry and topology in physics. Particularly, non-Hermiticity gives rise to the ramified symmetries, where the non-Hermitian Hamiltonian $H$ is transformed to $H^\dagger$. For…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-10-27 W. B. Rui , Y. X. Zhao , Z. D. Wang

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

Non-Hermitian Hamiltonians enrich quantum physics by extending conventional phase diagrams, enabling novel topological phenomena, and realizing exceptional points with potential applications in quantum sensing. Here, we present an…

We introduce a general framework for realizing $\mathcal{PT}$-like phase transitions in non-Hermitian systems without imposing explicit parity--time ($\mathcal{PT}$) symmetry. The approach is based on constructing a Hamiltonian as the…

Optics · Physics 2025-11-18 Jacob L. Barnett , Ramy El-Ganainy

A perspective on non-Hermitian physics in magnetic systems is addressed in this short article, including exceptional points, exceptional nodal phases, the non-Hermitian SSH model, and the non-Hermitian skin effect.

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-08-24 Tao Yu , J. W. Rao

Non-Hermitian theory is a theoretical framework that excels at describing open systems. It offers a powerful tool in the characterization of both the intrinsic degrees of freedom (DOFs) of a system and the interactions with the external…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-05-28 Kun Ding , Chen Fang , Guancong Ma

We investigate a one-dimensional tight-binding lattice with asymmetrical couplings and various type of nonlinearities to study nonlinear non-Hermitian skin effect. Our focus is on the exploration of nonlinear skin modes through a…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2025-05-15 C. Yuce

The non-Hermitian skin effect is a unique feature of non-Hermitian systems, in which an extensive number of boundary modes appear under the open boundary conditions. Here, we discover higher-order counterparts of the non-Hermitian skin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-11-18 Kohei Kawabata , Masatoshi Sato , Ken Shiozaki

The relevance in Physics of non-Hermitian operators with real eigenvalues is being widely recognized not only in quantum mechanics but also in other areas, such as quantum optics, quantum fluid dynamics and quantum field theory. %stochastic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-04-16 Natália Bebiano , João da Providência , S. Nishiyama , João P. da Providência

Non-Hermitian systems exhibit unique spectral properties, including the non-Hermitian skin effect and exceptional points, often influenced by boundary conditions. The modulation of these phenomena by generalized boundary conditions remains…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-20 S Rahul , Pasquale Marra

We present a modification to the bosonic Kitaev chain that, despite being Hermitian, supports both nonHermitian skin effect and nontrivial topological edge modes in its excitation Hamiltonian. We establish an exact mapping between the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-08 Raditya Weda Bomantara , Ibsal Assi , J. P. F. LeBlanc , Michael Vogl

The non-Hermitian skin effect, characterized by a proliferation of exponentially localized edge modes in open-boundary systems, has led to the discovery of numerous novel physical phenomena that challenge the limits of conventional band…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-08-13 Kai Zhang , Chang Shu , Kai Sun

We demonstrate that a correlated equilibrium $f$-electron system with time-reversal symmetry can exhibit a $\mathbb{Z}_2$ non-Hermitian skin effect of quasi-particles. In particular, we analyze a two-dimensional periodic Anderson model with…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-05-30 Shin Kaneshiro , Tsuneya Yoshida , Robert Peters

We demonstrate that crystal defects can act as a probe of intrinsic non-Hermitian topology. In particular, in point-gapped systems with periodic boundary conditions, a pair of dislocations may induce a non-Hermitian skin effect, where an…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-10-13 Frank Schindler , Abhinav Prem

Quantum theory can be formulated with certain non-Hermitian Hamiltonians. An anti-linear involution, denoted by PT, is a symmetry of such Hamiltonians. In the PT-symmetric regime the non-Hermitian Hamiltonian is related to a Hermitian one…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-10-02 Daniel Areán , Karl Landsteiner , Ignacio Salazar Landea

Skin effect that all eigenmodes within a frequency range become edge states is dictated by the topological properties of complex eigenvalues unique in non-Hermitian systems. The prevailing attempts to realize such a fascinating effect are…

Optics · Physics 2022-10-04 Zhening Fang , Mengying Hu , Lei Zhou , Kun Ding