Non-Hermitian linear perturbation to a Hamiltonian with a constant electromagnetic field and Hall conductivity

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2502.14579v1
• Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2025 19:51:42 GMT
• Title: Non-Hermitian linear perturbation to a Hamiltonian with a constant electromagnetic field and Hall conductivity
• Authors: Jorge A. Lizarraga,
• Abstract summary: The impact of non-Hermitian perturbations on Weyl Hamiltonians is expected to provide valuable insights for classifying topological phase transitions. Previous theoretical work has shown that the quantization of Hall conductivity in the quantum anomalous Hall effect is lost.
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• Abstract: The quantum Hall effect led to the classification of materials as topological insulators, and the generalization of this classification to non-Hermitian band theory is an active area of research. While the impact of non-Hermitian perturbations on Weyl Hamiltonians is expected to provide valuable insights for classifying topological phase transitions, predicting the effect of non-Hermiticity on Hall conductivity remains complex. In fact, previous theoretical work has shown that the quantization of Hall conductivity in the quantum anomalous Hall effect is lost, even though it is classified as a non-Hermitian Chern insulator. In this work, the stationary Schr\"odinger equation for an electron in a constant electromagnetic field with a non-Hermitian linear perturbation is studied. The wave function and the spectrum of the system are derived analytically, with the spectrum consisting of Landau levels modified by an additional term associated with the linear Stark effect, proportional to a complex constant $\lambda$. It is shown that this constant arises from an operator $\hat{\Pi}$ that commutes with the Hamiltonian, i.e., $\hat{\Pi}$ is a symmetry of the system. Finally, the Hall conductivity for the lowest Landau level is calculated, showing that it remains exactly equal to the inverse of Klitzing's constant despite the perturbation.

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