2001
DOI: 10.1088/0305-4470/34/49/305
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Optimal fluctuations and tail states of non-Hermitian operators

Abstract: A statistical field theory is developed to explore the density of states and spatial profile of 'tail states' at the edge of the spectral support of a general class of disordered non-Hermitian operators. These states, which are identified with symmetry broken, instanton field configurations of the theory, are closely related to localized sub-gap states recently identified in disordered superconductors. By focusing separately on the problems of a quantum particle propagating in a random imaginary scalar potenti… Show more

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“…Therefore, in the so-called mean-field approximation [12,36] the extension in the imaginary axis will be ξ-independent. It should be noted however that that mean-field approach would have given a constant DOS within a zone around η = 0, rather than (18).…”
Section: A Circular Complex Gaussian Potential U(t)mentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Therefore, in the so-called mean-field approximation [12,36] the extension in the imaginary axis will be ξ-independent. It should be noted however that that mean-field approach would have given a constant DOS within a zone around η = 0, rather than (18).…”
Section: A Circular Complex Gaussian Potential U(t)mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…close to η = 0, the calculated DOS is no longer valid. To capture the behavior of the DOS in this region, a zero-dimensional analysis similar to [21,36,38,39] is needed.…”
Section: A Circular Complex Gaussian Potential U(t)mentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Halperin's method [31], which works so nice for the hermitian/dark soliton case, fails here because of non-hermiticity. Non-hermitian random operators have received considerable attention in the literature (see [34] for a list of important references on the subject). They have a wide range of applications, in non-equilibrium statistical mechanics, random classical dynamics, the physics of polymers, QCD, neural networks, and, in the case at hand, soliton physics and communications.…”
Section: Bright Solitonsmentioning
confidence: 99%