Yang-Lee Edge Singularity Research Articles

Experimental Observation of the Yang-Lee Quantum Criticality in Open Quantum Systems.

The Yang-Lee edge singularity was originally studied from the standpoint of mathematical foundations of phase transitions. However, direct observation of anomalous scaling with the negative scaling dimension has remained elusive due to an imaginary magnetic field required for the nonunitary criticality. We experimentally implement an imaginary magnetic field with an open quantum system of heralded single photons, directly measure the partition function, and demonstrate the Yang-Lee edge singularity via the quantum-classical correspondence. We also demonstrate unconventional scaling laws for finite-temperature quantum dynamics.

Corner transfer matrix approach to the Yang-Lee singularity in the two-dimensional Ising model in a magnetic field.

We study the two-dimensional (2D) Ising model in a complex magnetic field in the vicinity of the Yang-Lee edge singularity. By using Baxter's variational corner transfer matrix method combined with analytic techniques, we numerically calculate the scaling function and obtain an accurate estimate of the location of the Yang-Lee singularity. The existing series expansions for susceptibility of the 2D Ising model on a triangular lattice by Chan, Guttmann, Nickel, and Perk allowed us to substantially enhance the accuracy of our calculations. Our results are in excellent agreement with the Ising field theory calculations by Fonseca, Zamolodchikov, and the recent work by Xu and Zamolodchikov. In particular, we numerically confirm an agreement between the leading singular behavior of the scaling function and the predictions of the M_{2/5} conformal field theory.

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We study a novel class of Renormalization Group flows which connect multicritical versions of the two-dimensional Yang-Lee edge singularity described by the conformal minimal models M\\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \\usepackage{amsmath} \\usepackage{wasysym} \\usepackage{amsfonts} \\usepackage{amssymb} \\usepackage{amsbsy} \\usepackage{mathrsfs} \\usepackage{upgreek} \\setlength{\\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \\begin{document}$$ \\mathcal{M} $$\\end{document}(2, 2n + 3). The absence in these models of an order parameter implies that the flows towards and between Yang-Lee edge singularities are all related to the spontaneous breaking of PT\\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \\usepackage{amsmath} \\usepackage{wasysym} \\usepackage{amsfonts} \\usepackage{amssymb} \\usepackage{amsbsy} \\usepackage{mathrsfs} \\usepackage{upgreek} \\setlength{\\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \\begin{document}$$ \\mathcal{PT} $$\\end{document} symmetry and comprise a pattern of flows in the space of PT\\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \\usepackage{amsmath} \\usepackage{wasysym} \\usepackage{amsfonts} \\usepackage{amssymb} \\usepackage{amsbsy} \\usepackage{mathrsfs} \\usepackage{upgreek} \\setlength{\\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \\begin{document}$$ \\mathcal{PT} $$\\end{document} symmetric theories consistent with the c-theorem and the counting of relevant directions. Additionally, we find that while in a part of the phase diagram the domains of unbroken and broken PT\\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \\usepackage{amsmath} \\usepackage{wasysym} \\usepackage{amsfonts} \\usepackage{amssymb} \\usepackage{amsbsy} \\usepackage{mathrsfs} \\usepackage{upgreek} \\setlength{\\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \\begin{document}$$ \\mathcal{PT} $$\\end{document} symmetry are separated by critical manifolds of class M\\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \\usepackage{amsmath} \\usepackage{wasysym} \\usepackage{amsfonts} \\usepackage{amssymb} \\usepackage{amsbsy} \\usepackage{mathrsfs} \\usepackage{upgreek} \\setlength{\\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \\begin{document}$$ \\mathcal{M} $$\\end{document}(2, 2n + 3), other parts of the boundary between the two domains are not critical.

Proposal for Observing Yang-Lee Criticality in Rydberg Atomic Arrays.

Yang-Lee edge singularities (YLES) are the edges of the partition function zeros of an interacting spin model in the space of complex control parameters. They play an important role in understanding non-Hermitian phase transitions in many-body physics, as well as characterizing the corresponding nonunitary criticality. Even though such partition function zeroes have been measured in dynamical experiments where time acts as the imaginary control field, experimentally demonstrating such YLES criticality with a physical imaginary field has remained elusive due to the difficulty of physically realizing non-Hermitian many-body models. We provide a protocol for observing the YLES by detecting kinked dynamical magnetization responses due to broken PT symmetry, thus enabling the physical probing of nonunitary phase transitions in nonequilibrium settings. In particular, scaling analyses based on our nonunitary time evolution circuit with matrix product states accurately recover the exponents uniquely associated with the corresponding nonunitary CFT. We provide an explicit proposal for observing YLES criticality in Floquet quenched Rydberg atomic arrays with laser-induced loss, which paves the way towards a universal platform for simulating non-Hermitian many-body dynamical phenomena.

Ising field theory in a magnetic field: φ3 coupling at T > Tc

We study the “three particle coupling” {Gamma}_{11}^1left(xi right) , in 2d Ising Field Theory in a magnetic field, as the function of the scaling parameter ξ := h/(−m)15/8, where m ∼ Tc − T and h ∼ H are scaled deviation from the critical temperature and scaled external field, respectively. The “φ3 coupling” {Gamma}_{11}^1 is defined in terms of the residue of the 2 → 2 elastic scattering amplitude at its pole associated with the lightest particle itself. We limit attention to the High-Temperature domain, so that m is negative. We suggest “standard analyticity”: {left({Gamma}_{11}^1right)}^2 , as the function of u := ξ2, is analytic in the whole complex u-plane except for the branch cut from – ∞ to – u0 ≈ – 0.03585, the latter branching point – u0 being associated with the Yang-Lee edge singularity. Under this assumption, the values of {Gamma}_{11}^1 at any complex u are expressed through the discontinuity across the branch cut. We suggest approximation for this discontinuity which accounts for singular expansion of {Gamma}_{11}^1 near the Yang-Lee branching point, as well as its known asymptotic at u → +∞. The resulting dispersion relation agrees well with known exact data, and with numerics obtained via Truncated Free Fermion Space Approach. This work is part of extended project of studying the S-matrix of the Ising Field Theory in a magnetic field.

Universal location of Yang-Lee edge singularity in classic O(N) universality classes

Employing the functional renormalization group approach at next-to-leading order of the derivative expansion, we refine our earlier findings for the location of the Yang-Lee edge singularity in classic O(N) universality classes. For the universality classes of interest to QCD, in three dimensions, we found $|z_c|/R_\chi^{1/\gamma} = 1.612(9),\ 1.597(3)$ for $N=2$, $4$ correspondingly. We also established $|z_c| = 2.04(8),\ 1.69(3)$ for $N=2$, $4$ albeit with greater systematic error.

Multicriticality in Yang-Lee edge singularity

In this paper we study the non-unitary deformations of the two-dimensional Tricritical Ising Model obtained by coupling its two spin ℤ2 odd operators to imaginary magnetic fields. Varying the strengths of these imaginary magnetic fields and adjusting correspondingly the coupling constants of the two spin ℤ2 even fields, we establish the presence of two universality classes of infrared fixed points on the critical surface. The first class corresponds to the familiar Yang-Lee edge singularity, while the second class to its tricritical version. We argue that these two universality classes are controlled by the conformal non-unitary minimal models mathcal{M} (2, 5) and mathcal{M} (2, 7) respectively, which is supported by considerations based on PT symmetry and the corresponding extension of Zamolodchikov’s c-theorem, and also verified numerically using the truncated conformal space approach. Our results are in agreement with a previous numerical study of the lattice version of the Tricritical Ising Model [1]. We also conjecture the classes of universality corresponding to higher non-unitary multicritical points obtained by perturbing the conformal unitary models with imaginary coupling magnetic fields.

Exact density of states and Yang–Lee edge singularity of the triangular-lattice ising model in an external magnetic field

Exact density of states and Yang–Lee edge singularity of the triangular-lattice ising model in an external magnetic field

Detecting Critical Points from the Lee–Yang Edge Singularities in Lattice QCD

A new approach is presented to explore the singularity structure of lattice QCD in the complex chemical potential plane. Our method can be seen as a combination of the Taylor expansion and analytic continuation approaches. Its novelty lies in using rational (Pad\'e) approximants for studying Lee-Yang edge singularities. We present a calculation of the cumulants of the net-baryon number as a function of a purely imaginary baryon number chemical potential, obtained with highly improved staggered quarks at temporal lattice extent of $N_\tau=4,6$. We construct various rational function approximations of the lattice data and determine their poles (and roots) in the complex plane. We compare the position of the closest pole to the theoretically expected position of the Lee-Yang edge singularity. At high temperature, we find scaling that is in accordance with the expected power law behavior of the Roberge-Weiss transition while a different behavior is found for $T\lesssim 170$ MeV.

Engineering Yang-Lee anyons via Majorana bound states

We propose the platform of a Yang-Lee anyon system which is constructed from Majorana bound states in topological superconductors. Yang-Lee anyons, described by the non-unitary conformal field theory with the central charge $c=-22/5$, are non-unitary counterparts of Fibonacci anyons, obeying the same fusion rule, but exhibiting non-unitary non-Abelian braiding statistics. We consider a topological superconductor junction system coupled with dissipative electron baths, which realizes a non-Hermitian interacting Majorana system. Numerically estimating the central charge, we examine the condition that the non-Hermitian Majorana system can simulate the Ising spin model of the Yang-Lee edge singularity, and confirm that, by controlling model parameters in a feasible way, the Yang-Lee edge criticality is realized. On the basis of this scenario, we present the scheme for the fusion, measurement and braiding of Yang-Lee anyons in our proposed setup.

Embedding the Yang-Lee quantum criticality in open quantum systems

The Yang-Lee edge singularity is a quintessential nonunitary critical phenomenon characterized by anomalous scaling. However, an imaginary magnetic field involved in this phenomenon makes its physical implementation nontrivial. By embedding the original classical system which exhibits the Yang-Lee edge singularity in a quantum system with an ancilla qubit and by invoking the quantum-classical correspondence, we demonstrate a physical realization of the nonunitary quantum criticality in an open quantum system, where the nonunitary criticality is identified with the singularity at an exceptional point caused by postselection of quantum measurement.

2D Ising Field Theory in a magnetic field: the Yang-Lee singularity

We study Ising Field Theory (the scaling limit of Ising model near the Curie critical point) in pure imaginary external magnetic field. We put particular emphasis on the detailed structure of the Yang-Lee edge singularity. While the leading singular behavior is controlled by the Yang-Lee fixed point (= minimal CFT mathcal{M} 2/5), the fine structure of the subleading singular terms is determined by the effective action which involves a tower of irrelevant operators. We use numerical data obtained through the “Truncated Free Fermion Space Approach” to estimate the couplings associated with two least irrelevant operators. One is the operator Toverline{T} , and we use the universal properties of the Toverline{T} deformation to fix the contributions of higher orders in the corresponding coupling parameter α. Another irrelevant operator we deal with is the descendant L_4 overline{L} _4ϕ of the relevant primary ϕ in mathcal{M} 2/5. The significance of this operator is that it is the lowest dimension operator which breaks integrability of the effective theory. We also establish analytic properties of the particle mass M (= inverse correlation length) as the function of complex magnetic field.

Universal location of Yang–Lee edge singularity for a one-component field theory in [formula omitted

We determine the universal location of the Yang–Lee edge singularity in the entire relevant domain of spatial dimensions 1≤d≤4 for the Ising universality class. To that end, we present analytical results for d=1,2,4 and near four dimensions. For d=3 and a set of fractional dimensions, we perform numerical calculations using a systematic Functional Renormalization Group approach.

Nonextensive percolation and Lee-Yang edge singularity from nonextensive λϕ3 scalar field theory

We compute the critical exponents for nonextensive λϕ3 scalar field theory for all loop orders and |q−1|<1. We apply the results for both nonextensive percolation and Lee-Yang edge singularity problems. The corresponding systems are nonextensive generalizations of their extensive counterparts. For that we employ tools from the recently introduced nonextensive statistical field theory. The results for the nonextensive critical exponents computed depend on the nonextensive parameter q, which encodes global correlations among the degrees of freedom of the system. The extensive results are recovered in the limit q→1. There is an interplay between global correlations and fluctuations, once the nonextensive critical exponents depend on q. This dependence is in agreement with the universality hypothesis.

Contribution to understanding the phase structure of strong interaction matter: Lee-Yang edge singularities from lattice QCD

We present a calculation of the net baryon number density as a function of imaginary baryon number chemical potential, obtained with highly improved staggered quarks at temporal lattice extent of ${N}_{\ensuremath{\tau}}=4$, 6. We construct various rational function approximations of the lattice data and discuss how poles in the complex plane can be determined from them. We compare our results of the singularities in the chemical potential plane to the theoretically expected positions of the Lee-Yang edge singularity in the vicinity of the Roberge-Weiss and chiral phase transitions. We find a temperature scaling that is in accordance with the expected power law behavior.

Analytical structure of the equation of state at finite density: Resummation versus expansion in a low energy model

For theories plagued with a sign problem at finite density, a Taylor expansion in the chemical potential is frequently used for lattice gauge theory-based computations of the equation of state. Recently, a new resummation scheme was proposed [S. Mondal, S. Mukherjee, and P. Hegde, Lattice QCD Equation of State for Nonvanishing Chemical Potential by Resumming Taylor Expansions, Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 022001 (2022).] for such an expansion that resums contributions of correlation functions of conserved currents to all orders in the chemical potential. Here, we study the efficacy of this resummation scheme using a low energy model, namely the mean-field quark-meson model. After adapting the scheme for a mean-field analysis, we confront the results of this scheme with the direct solution of the model at finite density as well as compare with results from Taylor expansions. We study to what extent the two methods capture the analytical properties of the equation of state in the complex chemical potential plane. As expected, the Taylor expansion breaks down as soon as the baryon chemical potential reaches the radius of convergence defined by the Yang-Lee edge singularity. Encouragingly, the resummation not only captures the location of the Yang-Lee edge singularity accurately, but is also able to describe the equation of state for larger chemical potentials beyond the location of the edge singularity for a wide range of temperatures.

Quantum algorithms for open lattice field theory

Certain aspects of some unitary quantum systems are well-described by evolution via a non-Hermitian effective Hamiltonian, as in the Wigner-Weisskopf theory for spontaneous decay. Conversely, any non-Hermitian Hamiltonian evolution can be accommodated in a corresponding unitary system + environment model via a generalization of Wigner-Weisskopf theory. This demonstrates the physical relevance of novel features such as exceptional points in quantum dynamics, and opens up avenues for studying many body systems in the complex plane of coupling constants. In the case of lattice field theory, sparsity lends these channels the promise of efficient simulation on standardized quantum hardware. We thus consider quantum operations that correspond to Suzuki-Lee-Trotter approximation of lattice field theories undergoing non-Hermitian time evolution, with potential applicability to studies of spin or gauge models at finite chemical potential, with topological terms, to quantum phase transitions - a range of models with sign problems. We develop non-Hermitian quantum circuits and explore their promise on a benchmark, the quantum one-dimensional Ising model with complex longitudinal magnetic field, showing that observables can probe the Lee-Yang edge singularity. The development of attractors past critical points in the space of complex couplings indicates a potential for study on near-term noisy hardware.

Universality, Lee-Yang Singularities, and Series Expansions.

We introduce a new way of reconstructing the equation of state of a thermodynamic system near a second-order critical point from a finite set of Taylor coefficients computed away from the critical point. We focus on the Ising universality class (Z_{2} symmetry) and show that, in the crossover region of the phase diagram, it is possible to efficiently extract the location of the nearest thermodynamic singularity, the Lee-Yang edge singularity, from which one can (i)determine the location of the critical point, (ii)constrain the nonuniversal parameters that maps the equation of state to that of the Ising model in the scaling regime, and (iii)numerically evaluate the equation of state in the vicinity of the critical point. This is done by using a combination of Padé resummation and conformal maps. We explicitly demonstrate these ideas in the celebrated Gross-Neveu model.

Yang-Lee edge singularity triggered entanglement transition

We show that a class of $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetric non-Hermitian Hamiltonians realizing the Yang-Lee edge singularity exhibits an entanglement transition in the long-time steady state evolved under the Hamiltonian. Such a transition is induced by a level crossing triggered by the critical point associated with the Yang-Lee singularity and hence is first-order in nature. At the transition, the entanglement entropy of the steady state jumps discontinuously from a volume-law to an area-law scaling. We exemplify this mechanism using a one-dimensional transverse field Ising model with additional imaginary fields, as well as the spin-1 Blume-Capel model and the three-state Potts model. We further make a connection to the forced-measurement induced entanglement transition in a Floquet non-unitary circuit subject to continuous measurements followed by post-selections. Our results demonstrate a new mechanism for entanglement transitions in non-Hermitian systems harboring a critical point.

Five-loop renormalization of ϕ3 theory with applications to the Lee-Yang edge singularity and percolation theory

We apply the method of graphical functions that was recently extended to six dimensions for scalar theories, to $\phi^3$ theory and compute the $\beta$ function, the wave function anomalous dimension as well as the mass anomalous dimension in the $\overline{\mbox{MS}}$ scheme to five loops. From the results we derive the corresponding renormalization group functions for the Lee-Yang edge singularity problem and percolation theory. After determining the $\varepsilon$ expansions of the respective critical exponents to $\mathcal{O}(\varepsilon^5)$ we apply recent resummation technology to obtain improved exponent estimates in 3, 4 and 5 dimensions. These compare favourably with estimates from fixed dimension numerical techniques and refine the four loop results. To assist with this comparison we collated a substantial amount of data from numerical techniques which are included in tables for each exponent.