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The one-dimensional Hatano-Nelson model with non-reciprocal hoppings is a prominent example of a relatively simple non-Hermitian quantum-mechanical system, which allows to study various phenomena in open quantum systems without adding extra…

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Investigating many-body localization (MBL) using exact numerical methods is limited by the exponentialgrowth of the Hilbert space. However, localized eigenstates display multifractality and only extend over a vanishing fraction of the…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2022-01-13 Francesca Pietracaprina , Nicolas Laflorencie

Starting from a Hermitian operator with two distinct eigenvalues, we construct a non-Hermitian bipartite system in Gaussian orthogonal ensemble according to random matrix theory, where we introduce the off-diagonal fluctuations through…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-02-28 Chen-Huan Wu

A finite dimensional system with a quadratic Hamiltonian constraint is Dirac quantized in holomorphic, antiholomorphic and mixed representations. A unique inner product is found by imposing Hermitian conjugacy relations on an operator…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-11-01 Jorma Louko

We consider conditions for the existence of boundary modes in non-Hermitian systems with edges of arbitrary co-dimension. Through a universal formulation of formation criteria for boundary modes in terms of local Green functions, we outline…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-02-12 Dan S. Borgnia , Alex Jura Kruchkov , Robert-Jan Slager

Robust boundary states have been the focus of much recent research, both as topologically protected states and as non-Hermitian skin states. In this work, we show that many-body effects can also induce analogs of these robust states in…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-11-10 Ching Hua Lee

Critical phase transitions contain a variety of deep and universal physics, and are intimately tied to thermodynamic quantities through scaling relations. Yet, these notions are challenged in the context of non-Hermiticity, where spatial or…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2021-01-06 R. Arouca , C. H. Lee , C. Morais Smith

Examples of non-hermitian quantum systems admitting topological insulator phase are presented in one, two and three space dimensions. All of these non-hermitian Hamiltonians have entirely real bulk eigenvalues and unitarity is maintained…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-03-19 Pijush K. Ghosh

Real-valued band structures are foundational to analyzing periodic systems within the Hermitian description and have been experimentally well-established over recent decades. In contrast, non-Hermitian systems exhibit complex band…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-24 Jia-Xin Zhong , Jing Lin , Kai Chen , Jing Lu , Kun Ding , Yun Jing

Spectral winding of complex eigenenergies represents a topological aspect unique in non-Hermitian systems, which vanishes in one-dimensional (1D) systems under the open boundary conditions (OBC). In this work, we discover a boundary…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-04-18 Zuxuan Ou , Yucheng Wang , Linhu Li

Recently, a one-to-one correspondence between non-trivial non-Hermitian topology and directional amplification has been demonstrated, theoretically and experimentally, for the case of one complex band. Here, we extend our framework to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-09-25 Clara C. Wanjura , Andreas Nunnenkamp

The ideas of topology have found tremendous success in Hermitian physical systems, but even richer properties exist in the more general non-Hermitian framework. Here, we theoretically propose and experimentally demonstrate a new…

The control of wave scattering in complex non-Hermitian settings is an exciting subject -- often challenging the creativity of researchers and stimulating the imagination of the public. Successful outcomes include invisibility cloaks,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-04-28 Jared Erb , Nadav Shaibe , Robert Calvo , Daniel Lathrop , Thomas Antonsen , Tsampikos Kottos , Steven M. Anlage

The {\eta} pseudo PT symmetry theory, denoted by the symbol {\eta}, explores the conditions under which non-Hermitian Hamiltonians can possess real spectra despite the violation of PT symmetry, that is the adjoint of H, denoted H^{{\dag}}…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-01-09 Mustapha Maamache , Nour El Houda Absi

By complexifying a Hamiltonian system one obtains dynamics on a holomorphic symplectic manifold. To invert this construction we present a theory of real forms which not only recovers the original system but also yields different real…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2025-01-03 Philip Arathoon , Marine Fontaine

While non-Hermitian bulk systems and their sensitivity to boundary conditions have been extensively studied, how a non-Hermitian boundary affects the entanglement structure of Hermitian critical systems remains largely unexplored. Here we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-20 Yao Zhou , Peng Ye

The points where diffraction orders emerge or vanish in the propagating spectrum of periodic non-Hermitian systems are referred to as scattering thresholds. Close to these branch points, resonances from different Riemann sheets can…

We study the skin effect in a one-dimensional system of finitely many subwavelength resonators with a non-Hermitian imaginary gauge potential. Using Toeplitz matrix theory, we prove the condensation of bulk eigenmodes at one of the edges of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-06-28 Habib Ammari , Silvio Barandun , Jinghao Cao , Bryn Davies , Erik Orvehed Hiltunen

Imaginary gauge transformation (IGT) provides a clear understanding of the non-Hermitian skin effect by transforming the non-Hermitian Hamiltonians with real spectra into Hermitian ones. In this paper, we extend this approach to the complex…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-08 Yunyao Qi , Jinghui Pi , Yuquan Wu , Heng Lin , Chao Zheng , Gui-Lu Long

We prove that a bounded linear Hilbert space operator has the unit circle in its essential approximate point spectrum if and only if it admits an orbit satisfying certain orthogonality and almost-orthogonality relations. This result is…

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