$\mathbb{Z}_{2}$ Skin Channels and Effective Dynamical Quantum Phase Transitions
Abstract
We analytically describe the dynamically separated skin channels (wavepacket evolutions) under periodic boundary condition (PBC) in non-Hermitian systems with anomalous time-reversal symmetry (ATRS), by combining the semiclassical worldline perspective with an enhanced understanding of skin effects. These channels, tied to the initial state and relevant symmetries, exhibit individually exponential-dominated time evolution in momentum space, where their amplitude maxima evolve toward the dominant momenta. In real space, their center of masses (COMs) circulate around the one-dimensional (1D) chain, tracing semiclassical worldlines. Such circulations imply quantum revivals and effective dynamical quantum phase transitions (DQPTs) regardless of any wavepackets' phase interference, with the latter showing scale-dependent behavior, a feature distinct from conventional DQPTs. This work rigorously demonstrates our previous findings on worldline windings and the winding-control mechanism, confirming that the core physics is shared with the ordinary skin effect.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2604.12450,
title = {$\mathbb{Z}_{2}$ Skin Channels and Effective Dynamical Quantum Phase Transitions},
author = {Yongxu Fu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.12450},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
15 pages, 5 figures