Complex Frequency Fingerprint: Interacting Driven Non-Hermitian Skin Effect

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Main Authors: Yang, Zhesen, Wang, Zihan, Huang, Juntao, Zheng, Zijian, Hu, Jiangping
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author Yang, Zhesen
Wang, Zihan
Huang, Juntao
Zheng, Zijian
Hu, Jiangping
author_facet Yang, Zhesen
Wang, Zihan
Huang, Juntao
Zheng, Zijian
Hu, Jiangping
contents The excitation properties of quantum many-body systems are encoded in their response functions. These functions define an associated response Hamiltonian, which is intrinsically non-Hermitian due to the dissipative nature of retarded responses, even in closed systems. By analyzing its eigenvalues and eigenstates, one obtains a unique characterization of the system, referred to as the complex frequency fingerprint. Using this framework, we demonstrate that interactions alone can give rise to both point-gap topology and the non-Hermitian skin effect. Unlike the dissipation-induced skin effect, this interaction-driven phenomenon exhibits pronounced frequency dependence. We further introduce a complex-frequency density of states framework that distinctly separates non-Hermitian skin modes from topological edge modes.
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spellingShingle Complex Frequency Fingerprint: Interacting Driven Non-Hermitian Skin Effect
Yang, Zhesen
Wang, Zihan
Huang, Juntao
Zheng, Zijian
Hu, Jiangping
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Strongly Correlated Electrons
The excitation properties of quantum many-body systems are encoded in their response functions. These functions define an associated response Hamiltonian, which is intrinsically non-Hermitian due to the dissipative nature of retarded responses, even in closed systems. By analyzing its eigenvalues and eigenstates, one obtains a unique characterization of the system, referred to as the complex frequency fingerprint. Using this framework, we demonstrate that interactions alone can give rise to both point-gap topology and the non-Hermitian skin effect. Unlike the dissipation-induced skin effect, this interaction-driven phenomenon exhibits pronounced frequency dependence. We further introduce a complex-frequency density of states framework that distinctly separates non-Hermitian skin modes from topological edge modes.
title Complex Frequency Fingerprint: Interacting Driven Non-Hermitian Skin Effect
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.18828