Hierarchy of localized many-body bound states in an interacting open lattice

Shu Chen; Yanxia Liu

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Hierarchy of localized many-body bound states in an interacting open lattice

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Pith's one-line read This paper claims to identify the mechanism: boundary-localized many-body bound states arise from asymmetric string solutions of the Bethe-ansatz equations, and the same solutions predict a hierarchy of such states that is always present…

desk verdict Small-N boundary string solutions are new and numerically confirmed, but the all-N hierarchy rests on a singular L→∞ limit that is deferred to a missing supplement. read the letter →

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The reading

The paper aims to explain a previously puzzling numerical observation: interacting spinless fermions on a one-dimensional open lattice host localized many-body bound states at the edges, even though neither the single-particle nor the two-particle system shows such edge localization. By solving the Bethe-ansatz equation analytically in the infinite-lattice limit, the authors find asymmetric 'boundary string' solutions of the rapidity equations that exist only under open boundary conditions and only when at least three particles are present. These solutions produce simple wavefunctions in which two fermions are pinned on neighboring sites and the remaining particles decay exponentially away from the boundary, with energy $E=1/U+2U$ for three fermions. Recurrence relations for the quasimomenta then generate the entire family of such states, giving $2\lfloor (N-1)/2\rfloor$ localized $N$-body bound states and proving they are always present for $U<-2$ and $N\ge 3$. If correct, this turns an isolated numerical curiosity into an exactly solvable structural feature of interacting open quantum chains, with implications for bound states in the continuum and for the XXZ spin chain through the Jordan-Wigner map.

What carries the argument

The central object is the asymmetric boundary string solution of the Bethe-ansatz equations under open boundary conditions: a set of rapidities that sits asymmetrically on the imaginary axis (for $N=3$, $i\frac{3}{2}\beta$, $i\frac{1}{2}\beta$, $-i\frac{1}{2}\beta$) rather than in complex-conjugate pairs, together with the $\gamma_j=e^{ik_j}$ values $\gamma_1=-U$, $\gamma_2=\infty$, $\gamma_3=0$ in the infinite-lattice limit. These solutions carry the argument because their wavefunctions factor into a hard nearest-neighbor constraint $\delta_{x_i,x_{i+1}-1}$ times exponential factors, so the imbalance of powers on the two sides of the delta immediately tells whether the state is localized and on which side. The recurrence $g(x)=-1/x-U$ (with companion $f(x)=-x-U$) generates the quasimomenta $\eta_j$ as particles are added one by one, and the energy formula $E_{lb,N,i}=-\sum_{l=1}^{i-1}(1/\eta_l+\eta_l)-\sum_{l=1}^{N-i-1}(1/\eta_l+\eta_l)$ closes the hierarchy.

What would settle it

Solve the finite-lattice Bethe-ansatz equations numerically for several values of $U<-2$ and $N=3,4,5$, track the roots as $L$ grows, and check whether they converge to $\gamma_2=\infty$, $\gamma_3=0$ while the corresponding eigenstates have size-independent inverse participation ratio and the predicted energy $1/U+2U$; any divergence of the norm or failure of size-independent localization would falsify the claim.

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Core claim

The central discovery is that the open-boundary Bethe-ansatz equations of the spinless-fermion chain with nearest-neighbor interaction $U$ admit, in the $L\to\infty$ limit, solutions with total quasimomentum $e^{iK}=U$ (or $1/U$), giving the rapidity set $\gamma_1=-U$, $\gamma_2=\infty$, $\gamma_3=0$ for $N=3$. These 'boundary string solutions' have rapidities $\lambda_1=i\frac{3}{2}\beta$, $\lambda_2=i\frac{1}{2}\beta$, $\lambda_3=-i\frac{1}{2}\beta$, which are asymmetric about the real axis and have no counterpart under periodic boundary conditions. Their wavefunctions are $\delta_{x_1,x_2-1}e^{-ik_1x_3}$ and the mirror image $\delta_{x_2,x_3-1}e^{ik_1x_1}$: one pair of fermions is forced onto neighboring sites while the third decays exponentially away from the edge. For larger $N$, the quasimomenta obey the recurrence $\eta_{j+1}=-1/\eta_j-U$, the wavefunctions take the form of powers of these $\eta$'s multiplied by a single nearest-neighbor delta function, and the energy is a sum of terms $-(1/\eta_l+\eta_l)$. Counting the states gives $2\lfloor (N-1)/2\rfloor$ localized $N$-body bound states, and the recurrence proves they always exist for $U<-2$ and $N\ge 3$, with some parameter regimes placing their energies inside the continuum, i.e., bound states in the continuum.

Load-bearing premise

The derivation assumes that the infinite-lattice limit of the Bethe equations, in which two rapidities become zero and infinity, is a legitimate solution with a normalizable wavefunction; the paper defers the proof of this limit and of the boundary conditions to the Supplemental Material, and if that limit is invalid the hierarchy collapses.

Editorial extensions

If this is right

For any attractive interaction stronger than $U=-2$, an open chain with $N\ge 3$ fermions always possesses at least one localized many-body bound state, regardless of the lattice length in the thermodynamic limit.
The number of such states grows with particle number: there are $2\lfloor (N-1)/2\rfloor$ localized $N$-body bound states, and for $N\ge 5$ some of them are localized away from the edge rather than at it.
In suitable parameter regions these localized states survive inside the continuous spectrum, so the system provides exact realizations of many-body bound states in the continuum.
Because the fermion model maps by a Jordan-Wigner transformation to the XXZ spin chain, the same hierarchy of boundary-localized states appears in the spin chain.
The recurrence $\eta_{j+1}=-1/\eta_j-U$ fixes the quasimomentum of every member of the hierarchy once the interaction strength is given, so the full family of localized states is determined by a single parameter.

Reading between the lines

Editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

A natural extension, only implicit in the paper, is that similar asymmetric boundary string solutions may exist in other integrable open-boundary models, such as the Hubbard chain or hard-core Bose gases, and they could be searched for directly by looking for Bethe roots with complex total quasimomentum.
The left/right independence noted for non-overlapping clusters suggests that for $N\ge 6$ the count of localized states may grow beyond $2\lfloor (N-1)/2\rfloor$ by combining a left-localized cluster with a right-localized cluster; this combinatorial structure is not enumerated in the paper.
The exponentially decaying density tails and the pinned nearest-neighbor pair are concrete experimental signatures: quantum-gas microscopes that resolve individual sites could detect the fixed-distance pair and the exponential profile after a quench.
The bound-states-in-continuum regime could be probed dynamically: because the localized states have no overlap with extended plane waves, preparing one should show persistent trapping while all other excitations radiate away.

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Short version: the paper finds explicit Bethe-ansatz wavefunctions for boundary-localized many-body bound states in the open attractive spinless fermion chain for N=3,4,5, and proposes a recurrence hierarchy that would extend the result to all N. The small-N part is genuinely new and checks out numerically. The general-N existence proof, and even the N=3 derivation, depends on an L→∞ limit in which two rapidities go to 0 and ∞; the main text doesn't show a finite-L family of BA roots approaching that singular configuration, and the supplement that supposedly contains that argument is not included in the arXiv version. That's the thing to flag.

The good stuff first. The asymmetric string solution (5) with γ=(−U,∞,0) is surprising, and the resulting wavefunctions (7)-(8) are explicit and simple. The energies match exact diagonalization in Fig. 1 and 2, and the BIC condition for −3

The soft spot is real and load-bearing. The step 'solving Eqs. (3) in the limit L→∞' is not a standard limit, because Eq. (3) contains e^{-i2k_j(L+1)} and factors that diverge when γ=0 or ∞. If there is a finite-L family of roots converging to the string (5), it has to be exhibited. Direct substitution of the delta-pinned wavefunctions (7) into the Schrödinger equation (2) shows they solve the bulk equation only up to boundary terms of order |γ_1|^{-L}. That might be fine as an L→∞ statement, but the proof is exactly what the missing supplement must supply. As written, the assertion that localized bound states exist for all N≥3 and U<−2 is not established from the main text alone. The induction step for the hierarchy is also sketched in three sentences; it assumes the base case and uses the recurrence to propagate a localization condition, which is plausible but not rigorous.

I'd send this to a competent referee, but only with the supplement in hand. The referee should ask for a precise statement of the L→∞ limit, either a convergent finite-L root family or an independent derivation of the wavefunction as an exact limit state. If that can be supplied, this is a solid PRL. If not, the hierarchy is a conjecture supported by small-N numerics.

For you: worthwhile to read alongside the Sun et al. paper; I wouldn't cite it until the supplement appears.

Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript studies spinless fermions on an open one-dimensional lattice with nearest-neighbor interaction, equivalently an open XXZ chain, and claims to solve the Bethe-ansatz equations in the L→∞ limit. It identifies asymmetric string solutions, corresponding to boundary-localized many-body bound states, and proposes explicit wavefunctions and energies for N=3,4,5. It then states recurrence relations for general N, claims a hierarchy of 2×[(N−1)/2] localized N-body bound states, and concludes that localized bound states are always present for U<−2 and N≥3. Exact-diagonalization data are presented for N=3,4,5, including IPR scaling and density profiles.

Significance. If the existence proof were complete, the paper would be a valuable analytical mechanism for boundary-localized many-body bound states in an integrable open lattice, with parameter-free wavefunctions, energies, and a hierarchy, and it would explain earlier numerical observations. The strengths are the exact-diagonalization benchmarks for N=3,4,5, the absence of fitted parameters, the simple recurrence structure, and the IPR scaling evidence for localization. The central claim, however, currently rests on an unproved and singular L→∞ limit of the Bethe-ansatz equations, and the general-N hierarchy is supported mainly by pattern extrapolation; the paper therefore reads as a well-motivated and plausible conjecture rather than a fully established theorem.

major comments (3)

[Model and solutions, Eqs. (3)-(8)] The existence of the asymmetric string solution is not established by the argument given. The text states that solving Eqs. (3) in the limit L→∞ gives e^{iK}=U and hence Eq. (5), but Eq. (3) is singular at γ=0 and γ=∞ because the factors 1+e^{i(kj+ki)}+Ue^{ik_i} on the right-hand side diverge, and e^{-i2kj(L+1)} has no well-defined limit for complex kj. No finite-L sequence of solutions of Eq. (3) approaching the singular configuration is exhibited. Since the wavefunctions (7)-(8) and all subsequent recurrence states are built on Eq. (5), the main existence claim is conditional unless a finite-L construction or an independent direct derivation of (7)-(8) as eigenstates of the open-chain Hamiltonian is supplied.
[Model and solutions and finite-size checks, Eqs. (7)-(15)] The displayed delta-pinned wavefunctions are not shown to be exact eigenstates of the finite-L Hamiltonian (1). For u_{3,L,1}, the equation at the right boundary x3=L omits the hopping term to x3=L+1, so the boundary condition is satisfied only up to corrections of order |γ1|^{-L}; direct substitution also leaves the status of the other open boundary unclear. The paper should state precisely in which limit (semi-infinite chain, L→∞ with exponential convergence) these functions are eigenstates, and it should quantify the finite-size corrections that are visible, for example, in the IPR and energy comparisons in Figs. 1 and 2.
[Hierarchy of localized many-body bound states, Eqs. (16)-(17) and final paragraph] The induction argument for the claim that localized bound states are always present for U<−2 and N≥3 assumes that the recurrence-generated wavefunctions are eigenstates, but this is not derived from Eq. (3) or Eq. (2) for general N. The displayed inequalities verify localization and normalizability conditions only; they do not prove that u_{N,L,i} and u_{N,R,i} solve the Schrödinger equation. The stated count 2×[(N−1)/2] also needs derivation and appears to exclude the composite left/right states mentioned for N≥6. Please provide a general proof, or clearly label the hierarchy as a conjecture supported by the N=3,4,5 numerics.

minor comments (5)

[Throughout] There are several typographical errors: 'do not exit under PBC' should be 'do not exist under PBC'; reference [2] is mistranscribed; and reference [10] has 'specific hear' for 'specific heat'.
[Eqs. (16)-(17)] The notation for the wavefunctions is hard to read because the subscripts and superscripts of η are not clearly distinguished; please typeset expressions such as η_2^{x_{i-2}} η_1^{x_{i-1}} and define the ranges of the indices explicitly.
[General energy formula after Eq. (17)] The general energy formula appears to omit the interaction energy U associated with the pinned bond: for N=3,i=1 it gives U+1/U instead of the value 2U+1/U quoted in the text. Please correct the formula and check it against the N=4 and N=5 energies.
[Counting statement] The bracket [(N−1)/2] should be replaced by an explicit floor function, and the sentence 'there are 2×[(N−1)/2] localized N-body bound states' should be reconciled with the additional left/right composite states mentioned for N≥6.
[Supplemental Material] The derivation of the asymmetric string and of the general hierarchy is deferred to a Supplemental Material that is not available in the arXiv version; the main text should either include the key steps or make clear that the full derivation will be available with the published version.

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No significant circularity: the derivation is analytical from the Bethe-ansatz equations, and the hierarchy follows from recurrence relations plus an induction on localization inequalities, with no fitted parameters.

full rationale

The paper derives the boundary-localized bound states from the OBC Bethe-ansatz equations (3): the asymmetric string solution (5) with gamma1 = -U, gamma2 = infinity, gamma3 = 0 is presented as the L-infinity solution, the wavefunctions (7)-(8) and energy Elb,3,1 = 2U + 1/U follow from that solution, and the numerical exact-diagonalization results in Fig. 1 provide independent confirmation. For N >= 4 the solutions are obtained by solving the same BA equations (claimed for N = 4, 5) and organized by the recurrence eta_{j+1} = -1/eta_j - U (Fig. 3), with closed-form wavefunctions (16)-(17). The central claim, 'localized bound states are always present for U < -2 and N >= 3,' is supported by an induction that uses the recurrence relation and the localization/normalizability inequalities derived from the wavefunction form; it does not assume the target result as a premise. No parameter is fitted to data and then renamed a prediction. The two self-citations ([13] Hao-Zhang-Liang-Chen and [41] Liu-Chen) are contextual references (bound-state examples and BIC literature, respectively) and carry no load-bearing weight. No uniqueness theorem is imported from the authors' prior work. The main weakness - the treatment of gamma2 = infinity and gamma3 = 0 as legitimate limits of the finite-L BA equations, with the derivation deferred to the Supplemental Material - is a mathematical-rigor concern about whether the claimed solutions exist, not a circular reduction, since the paper never defines the boundary string in terms of the hierarchy it claims to predict.

Assumptions & free parameters 0 free parameters · 4 assumptions · 0 invented entities

The central claim rests on the standard BA integrability of the model, a particular L→∞ limit of the BA equations, and a recurrence asserted to generate solutions for all N. No free parameters are fitted; U is the physical interaction. No new physical entities are postulated.

assumptions (4)

domain assumption The Bethe-ansatz equations (3) correctly give the spectrum of the open-chain spinless fermion model (1).
The model maps to the XXZ chain via Jordan-Wigner; the BA equations are from Alcaraz et al. [35]. This is standard integrability, not derived in the paper.
ad hoc to paper In the L→∞ limit, solutions of the BA equations with γ2=∞ and γ3=0 (and more generally, complex quasimomenta with unbounded imaginary parts) are legitimate and yield normalizable boundary-localized wavefunctions.
This limit is the crux of the derivation; the paper states it without proof and defers details to the Supplement. If invalid, the asymmetric string solutions do not exist.
domain assumption The recurrence maps g(x)=-1/x-U and f(x)=-x-U generate valid BA solutions for all particle numbers N.
The paper demonstrates inductively that localization conditions are preserved, but the validity of the recurrence as BA solutions for arbitrary N is asserted rather than fully proved in the letter.
domain assumption Existence of localized solutions on left and right sides can be combined independently for N>6.
In the L→∞ limit, left- and right-localized wavefunctions have no overlap, so combinations are eigenstates. Reasonable, but the counting of resulting states is not given.

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We unveil the mechanism for the formation of puzzled boundary-localized bound states in a spinless fermionic open lattice with nearest-neighbor interactions. By solving the Bethe-ansatz equation analytically, we uncover asymmetrical string solutions corresponding to the boundary-localized bound states, which emerge in systems with at least three particles. The localized bound states can become bound states in continuum in a suitable parameter region. When the number of particles increases to five or more, additional bound states away from the edge are also observed. Through rigorous analysis, we derive recurrence relations of the quasi-momentum of the localized states as a function of the number of particles, predicting the presence of hierarchy of localized many-body bound states in interacting open lattices.

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**Figure 3.** By these recurrence relations, we see that there are 2 × [(N − 1)/2] localized N-body bound states composed of N-fermion. With a set of γj , we can get the corresponding wave function: uN,L,i = · · · η xi−2 2 η xi−1 1 δxi,xi+1−1 1 η xi+2 1 η xi+3 2 · · · , (16) with 0 < i ⩽ [(N − 1)/2], and uN,R,i = · · · η xi−2 2 η xi−1 1 δxi,xi+1−1 1 η xi+2 1 η xi+3 2 · · · , (17) with [N/2] < i < N, where ηj+1 = g(ηj ) with η1 =… view at source ↗

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