Scaling behavior and phase diagram of a PT-symmetric non-Hermitian Bose-Hubbard system

DOI10.1016/J.AOP.2012.11.017zbMATH Open1266.81159arXiv1105.6186OpenAlexW3098352665MaRDI QIDQ1945822FDOQ1945822

Authors: Yanyan Li 

Publication date: 17 April 2013

Published in: Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study scaling behavior and phase diagram of a PT-symmetric non-Hermitian Bose-Hubbard model. In the free interaction case, using both analytical and numerical approaches, the metric operator for many-particle is constructed. The derived properties of the metric operator, similarity matrix and equivalent Hamiltonian reflect the fact that all the matrix elements change dramatically with diverging derivatives near the exceptional point. In the nonzero interaction case, it is found that even small on-site interaction can break the PT symmetry drastically. It is demonstrated that the scaling law can be established for the exceptional point in both small and large interaction limit. Based on perturbation and numerical methods, we also find that the phase diagram shows rich structure: there exist multiple regions of unbroken PT symmetry.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1105.6186

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zbMATH Keywords

scaling behaviorBose-Hubbard model\(\mathcal {PT}\) symmetry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonselfadjoint operator theory in quantum theory including creation and destruction operators (81Q12) Perturbation theories for operators and differential equations in quantum theory (81Q15) Symmetry breaking in quantum theory (81R40) Many-body theory; quantum Hall effect (81V70) Quantum equilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82B10)

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