Entanglement Phase Transition in Chaotic non-Hermitian Systems

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2511.10410v1
• Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2025 01:49:49 GMT
• Title: Entanglement Phase Transition in Chaotic non-Hermitian Systems
• Authors: Zhen-Tao Zhang, Feng Mei,
• Abstract summary: We study a class of chaotic non-Hermitian spin chain in which its spin-spin coupling term commutes with the non-Hermitian term.<n>Our work reveals a novel entanglement transition in chaotic non-Hermitian systems.
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• Abstract: We have studied entanglement phase transition in a class of chaotic non-Hermitian spin chain in which its spin-spin coupling term commutes with the non-Hermitian term. Two models are investigated: transverse field Ising model with a complex longitudinal field and non-Hermitian XX model with a transverse field. Through calculating their complex spectra, we find these models are subject to a gapless-gapped phase transition with dissipation rate if the transverse field is larger than a model-dependent value. Interestingly, the variation of the complex gap with the dissipation rate is not monotonous, instead it manifest oscillations before entering the gapped phase. By simulating their non-unitary evolution, we show that the entanglement entropy of the steady state would transition from a volume-law to an area-law scaling with the increase of the dissipation rate. Meanwhile, some unexpected results about the entanglement entropy appear in the volume-law phase. These unusual features of the complex gap and the steady-state entanglement can be attributed to level crossings between the maximal imagine level and other levels. Our work reveals a novel entanglement transition in chaotic non-Hermitian systems.

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