Observable signatures of exceptional points from left-right eigenstate distinction

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2606.11333v1
• Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2026 18:12:27 GMT
• Title: Observable signatures of exceptional points from left-right eigenstate distinction
• Abstract summary: Non-Hermitian quantum systems exhibit qualitatively distinct physical behavior compared to Hermitian systems.<n>We develop a framework for detecting exceptional points based on the distinction between left and right eigenvectors of the Hamiltonian.<n>Our results establish a direct link between the structure of non-Hermitian eigenstates and observable signatures of exceptional points.
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• Abstract: Non-Hermitian quantum systems exhibit qualitatively distinct physical behavior compared to Hermitian systems, a prime example being spectral singularities known as exceptional points. Their relevance in, e.g., quantum sensing, unidirectional transport, and robust lasing makes it important to be able to identify exceptional points through observable features of a many-body system. Here, using as an example a one-dimensional complex XY spin chain realizing both rotation-time RT- and parity-time PT-symmetric regimes, we develop a framework for detecting exceptional points based on the distinction between left and right eigenvectors of the Hamiltonian, which in a non-Hermitian system are no longer the adjoint of each other. We first show that a global measure constructed from the difference between the Hamiltonian and its adjoint locates exceptional points via distinct non-analytic behavior. At the level of observables, differences in local spin correlations evaluated on the right and left eigenstates provide a reliable static detection scheme. In contrast, static bipartite entanglement measures fail to capture this distinction, urging us to study the quantum dynamics of the model. Following a sudden quench, we demonstrate that the time-averaged right-left entanglement entropy difference directly encodes signatures of the exceptional point. In the RT-symmetric regime, it exhibits a pronounced peak at the exceptional point, whereas in the PT-symmetric regime it behaves as an order-parameter-like quantity, remaining finite in one phase and vanishing at the transition. Our results establish a direct link between the structure of non-Hermitian eigenstates and observable signatures of exceptional points, providing a practical route to identify them in existing quantum simulators.

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