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Chiral Graviton Modes in Non-Abelian lattice Fractional Quantum Hall states

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arxiv 2607.06267 v1 pith:3A34U3SV submitted 2026-07-07 cond-mat.quant-gas cond-mat.mes-hallcond-mat.str-elquant-ph

Zeno Bacciconi , Min Long , Hernan Xavier , Hongyu Lu , Marcello Dalmonte , Zi Yang Meng This is my paper
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keywords fractionalquantumHallchiralgravitonMoore-Readstatenon-AbeliantopologicalorderHarper-Hofstadtermodelcoldatomsgeometricquenchmagnetoroton
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This paper claims that a chiral graviton mode — a spin-2 collective excitation arising from fluctuations of the intrinsic metric of a fractional quantum Hall liquid — persists as a well-defined, long-lived excitation in a non-Abelian lattice realization of the Moore-Read state. The authors study the bosonic Harper-Hofstadter model at filling factor ν=1, which realizes a Moore-Read ground state with non-Abelian topological order. They construct a lattice-adapted three-body operator that, in the low-flux limit, exactly recovers the continuum graviton stress tensor, and use it to probe the spectral density via exact diagonalization and matrix-product-state simulations across disk, cylinder, and torus geometries. The central finding is that the graviton produces a clear, chirality-resolved spectral peak with a relative decay rate Γ_G/ω_G of roughly 0.1 in the thermodynamic limit, making it a long-lived quasiparticle despite the mode lying inside a two-particle continuum. The graviton signal is shown to be independent of the topological sector and, critically, is visible in a 9×9 open droplet with only five particles — a size directly accessible to current cold-atom experiments. The authors further show that other neutral excitations characteristic of the Moore-Read state, namely the magnetoroton and the neutral fermion, are far less resolved at currently achievable lattice sizes and fluxes, making the graviton the most experimentally accessible bulk excitation of this non-Abelian state on synthetic platforms.

What carries the argument

The central object is the lattice graviton operator O±_{3b} = Σ_{r_i, δ} e^{±2i arg[δ]} f_G(δ) n_{r_i}(n_{r_i}−1)n_{r_i+δ}, a discrete three-body correlator that probes spin-2 metric fluctuations. Its spectral density I±_{3b}(ω) is computed via Lanczos continued-fraction methods (torus) and time-evolved MPS Green's functions (disk, cylinder). The lifetime is extracted by tracking the FWHM of the spectral peak as a function of a regularization parameter γ and extrapolating to γ=0 via the relation Γ_fwhm = 2(Γ_G + γ), isolating the intrinsic decay rate from finite-size artifacts.

What would settle it

If band-mixing corrections at the interaction strengths relevant to the Moore-Read phase significantly alter the decay channels — for example by opening new scattering pathways into higher-band states that change the spectral linewidth — then the extracted Γ_G/ω_G ~ 0.1 would not hold and the graviton could be shorter-lived than claimed.

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Core claim

The paper introduces a chiral three-body lattice operator O±_{3b} that generalizes the continuum graviton stress tensor to the Harper-Hofstadter lattice and, in the low-flux limit, flows exactly to its continuum counterpart. Using this operator, the authors demonstrate that the ν=1 bosonic Moore-Read state on the lattice supports a chiral graviton mode with a clear chirality-selective spectral peak, a thermodynamic relative decay rate Γ_G/ω_G of approximately 0.1, and topological-sector-independent character. The mode is detectable via geometric quenches in small open droplets with as few as five particles on a 9×9 lattice, placing it within reach of existing cold-atom capabilities, while co

Load-bearing premise

The lifetime analysis rests on band-projected exact diagonalization, which restricts the Hilbert space to the lowest magnetic band. The authors acknowledge that band-mixing effects rescale the overall energy scales and that the precise graviton energy is not exact. The load-bearing assumption is that the graviton's decay physics — scattering into many-body excitations — is adequately captured within the lowest band, because those decay products predominantly live there. If in

Editorial extensions

If this is right

  • Cold-atom experiments on small Harper-Hofstadter droplets with five or fewer bosons can detect a bulk graviton mode via geometric quenches — sudden changes in tunneling anisotropy — without requiring large system sizes or continuum Landau levels.
  • The topological-sector independence of the graviton signal means experiments need not prepare or select a specific anyonic sector to observe the mode, simplifying the experimental protocol.
  • The graviton's relative decay rate of ~0.1 in the non-Abelian Moore-Read state, compared to ~0.02 in Abelian Laughlin states at similar fluxes, suggests that non-Abelian topological order intrinsically broadens the graviton, which could serve as a diagnostic distinguishing Abelian from non-Abelian FQH phases.
  • The poor resolution of magnetoroton and neutral fermion dispersions at fluxes accessible to current experiments (ϕ=1/6) implies that the graviton is the only bulk neutral excitation of the Moore-Read state realistically observable on present-day synthetic platforms, redirecting experimental strategy toward long-wavelength metric probes.

Reading between the lines

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

  • If the graviton decay rate is genuinely sector-independent and the mode is visible in five-particle droplets, then the graviton spectral peak could serve as a universal fingerprint of intrinsic geometric structure across FQH phases, making it a candidate order parameter for identifying non-Abelian topological order in systems too small for traditional entanglement-based diagnostics.
  • The authors mention but do not pursue the gravitino — the supersymmetric partner of the graviton in Moore-Read states. If the graviton operator generalizes to lattice non-Abelian states as shown here, an analogous lattice construction for the gravitino (a spin-3/2 operator) may be feasible on the same platform, potentially opening a route to testing putative supersymmetry in FQH liquids via cold-a
  • The finding that lattice effects suppress finite-momentum neutral modes (magnetoroton, neutral fermion) more strongly than the long-wavelength graviton suggests a general principle: metric-sensitive probes are more robust to lattice discretization than density-wave probes, because the graviton couples to long-wavelength geometric fluctuations that are less sensitive to the reciprocal lattice cutof
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Referee Report

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Summary. This manuscript studies charge-neutral collective excitations in the non-Abelian lattice fractional quantum Hall (FQH) state realized by the bosonic Harper-Hofstadter model at filling factor ν=1 (Moore-Read state). Combining full exact diagonalization (fED), band-projected ED (pED), and matrix-product-state (MPS) simulations across disk, cylinder, and torus geometries, the authors report the existence of a long-lived chiral graviton mode (CGM) probed by chiral 3-body correlators. They find the graviton signal is topological sector-independent, observable in small open droplets relevant to current cold-atom experiments, and characterized by a relative decay rate Γ_G/ω_G ~ 0.1 in the thermodynamic limit. They also study magnetoroton and neutral fermion modes, finding these are less resolved at currently achievable lattice fluxes.

Significance. The identification of a chiral graviton mode in a non-Abelian lattice FQH state is a notable advance, extending prior work on Abelian lattice gravitons to the more fragile Moore-Read setting. The convergence of three independent numerical methods (fED, pED, MPS) across three geometries provides a robust qualitative case for the existence and resolvability of the graviton signal. The demonstration that the signal persists in small open droplets (9×9 disk, N=5) directly relevant to ongoing cold-atom experiments (including the recent Pfaffian realization of Ref. [19]) is a concrete and experimentally actionable result. The continuum-limit derivation of the lattice graviton operator (SM, Eq. (S10)) provides a sound analytical foundation. The topological sector independence of the graviton spectrum (Fig. 1(d)) is a nontrivial check. The lifetime analysis, while subject to the caveats discussed below, represents a serious quantitative effort to go beyond spectral peak identification.

major comments (3)
  1. The central quantitative lifetime claim Γ_G/ω_G ~ 0.1 (Fig. 2(c), main text) is established solely via band-projected ED (pED) at W=5 on a torus. The SM (Fig. S11) demonstrates that band-mixing effects at W~2–5 rescale the graviton energy gap, but the comparison only checks peak positions, not spectral linewidths. The assertion that 'the graviton decay is mainly due to decay into many-body excitations which mostly live in the lowest band' (SM, final paragraph) is stated but not directly verified. Since the decay rate depends on matrix elements coupling the graviton to continuum states — which can involve virtual higher-band processes — the pED linewidth could differ from the full or W→∞ result. This is load-bearing for the quantitative claim. The authors should either (i) provide a direct comparison of the spectral linewidth (not just the gap) between pED and full ED at accessible system
  2. The even-odd effect in Fig. 2(c) prevents a clean 1/N thermodynamic extrapolation of Γ_G/ω_G. The value ~0.1 is inferred from the observation that oscillations are 'limited in amplitude' (roughly 0.08–0.15 for ϕ=1/6), not from a fitted extrapolation. This means the central quantitative number carries an irreducible finite-size uncertainty of order ±50%. The authors should more explicitly quantify the uncertainty on Γ_G/ω_G and state clearly that the claim is that the decay rate is bounded and finite, rather than that the precise value 0.1 is established. As written, the phrasing 'Γ_G/ω_G ~ 0.1 in the thermodynamic limit' (abstract and main text) overstates the precision of the analysis.
  3. The MPS results at W=∞ (the experimentally relevant regime, as noted in the text) show the graviton spectrum (Figs. 1(b), 1(d)) but do not extract a linewidth. Thus there is no cross-check of the decay rate in the regime where experiments would actually be performed. While the qualitative graviton signal is well-established across methods, the quantitative lifetime claim rests entirely on pED at finite W. The authors should acknowledge this gap explicitly and, if possible, comment on whether an MPS-based linewidth extraction is feasible.
minor comments (9)
  1. Abstract: 'filling factior' should be 'filling factor'.
  2. The notation for the graviton operator form factor f_G(δ) in Eq. (2) is defined with specific values f(1)=1, f(√2)=1/√2, but the subscript G appears only in the text, not consistently in the equation. Minor notational inconsistency.
  3. Fig. 2(a): the caption states 'Different ground states are shown as thin lines' — it would help to clarify in the caption how many ground states are averaged and what topological sectors they correspond to.
  4. Fig. 2(c): the y-axis label 'Γ_G/ω_G' and the data points for ϕ=1/6 and ϕ=1/10 are shown, but it is not immediately clear which flux corresponds to which marker. A legend or clearer labeling would improve readability.
  5. The main text states 'the CGM in the bosonic MR state is a long-lived excitation in the thermodynamic limit with a relative decay rate Γ_G/ω_G ~ 0.1' and later notes Γ_G/ω_G ~ 0.08 at lower flux. The two values (~0.1 and ~0.08) should be reconciled or the distinction clarified.
  6. References [75] and [76] are duplicates of [53] and [54].
  7. The SM section 'CONTINUUM LIMIT' derives Eq. (S10) but the intermediate step Eq. (S8) introduces O±_{3n} (subscript 3n) where the main text uses O±_{3b}. Consistent notation would help.
  8. Fig. S11 caption: '6×6 torus' is stated but the main text refers to N=6 bosons — clarifying the system size convention (N×q torus vs. Lx×Ly) would help readers.
  9. The discussion of the neutral fermion mode (Fig. 3) notes it appears only for odd N. It would be useful to briefly explain why this is expected (e.g., referencing the structure of the Moore-Read state on the torus) for readers not deeply familiar with the topic.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for a careful and constructive report. The referee raises three major comments, all concerning the quantitative lifetime claim Γ_G/ω_G ~ 0.1: (1) the absence of a direct linewidth comparison between pED and full ED, (2) the even-odd effect preventing a clean thermodynamic extrapolation, and (3) the lack of an MPS-based linewidth cross-check at W=∞. We agree with the substance of all three comments and will revise the manuscript accordingly. Specifically, we will (i) add a direct pED-vs-full-ED linewidth comparison at accessible system sizes, (ii) rephrase the quantitative claim to emphasize boundedness and finiteness rather than a precise value, with explicit uncertainty quantification, and (iii) add an explicit discussion of the gap in MPS-based linewidth extraction. We believe these revisions fully address the referee's concerns without altering the core qualitative findings, which the referee acknowledges as a notable advance.

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  1. Referee: The central quantitative lifetime claim Γ_G/ω_G ~ 0.1 (Fig. 2(c), main text) is established solely via band-projected ED (pED) at W=5 on a torus. The SM (Fig. S11) demonstrates that band-mixing effects at W~2–5 rescale the graviton energy gap, but the comparison only checks peak positions, not spectral linewidths. The assertion that 'the graviton decay is mainly due to decay into many-body excitations which mostly live in the lowest band' (SM, final paragraph) is stated but not directly verified. Since the decay rate depends on matrix elements coupling the graviton to continuum states — which can involve virtual higher-band processes — the pED linewidth could differ from the full or W→∞ result. This is load-bearing for the quantitative claim. The authors should either (i) provide a direct comparison of the spectral linewidth (not just the gap) between pED and full ED at accessible system

    Authors: The referee is correct that our SM comparison (Fig. S11) only checks peak positions, not linewidths, and that the assertion about the lowest-band dominance of decay channels is stated rather than directly verified. We agree this is a gap in the argument and will address it in revision. Specifically, we will perform a direct comparison of the graviton spectral linewidth (not just the gap) between pED and full ED at accessible system sizes (N=6, 6×6 torus, ϕ=1/6, W in the range 2–5 where band mixing is present but tractable). This will allow us to directly assess whether band-mixing effects rescale the linewidth in the same way they rescale the gap, or whether there are additional corrections. We acknowledge that if the linewidth comparison reveals significant discrepancies, this would weaken the quantitative claim. In that case, we will accordingly qualify the lifetime estimate. We note that the qualitative conclusion — that the graviton is a well-resolved, long-lived excitation — is supported independently by the MPS spectra (Figs. 1(b), 1(d)) and the real-time quench dynamics (Fig. 1(c)), which show clear oscillations persisting over many periods. The lifetime analysis quantifies what is already qualitatively evident. Nevertheless, we agree that the specific quantitative claim requires the cross-check the referee requests, and we will provide it. revision: yes

  2. Referee: The even-odd effect in Fig. 2(c) prevents a clean 1/N thermodynamic extrapolation of Γ_G/ω_G. The value ~0.1 is inferred from the observation that oscillations are 'limited in amplitude' (roughly 0.08–0.15 for ϕ=1/6), not from a fitted extrapolation. This means the central quantitative number carries an irreducible finite-size uncertainty of order ±50%. The authors should more explicitly quantify the uncertainty on Γ_G/ω_G and state clearly that the claim is that the decay rate is bounded and finite, rather than that the precise value 0.1 is established. As written, the phrasing 'Γ_G/ω_G ~ 0.1 in the thermodynamic limit' (abstract and main text) overstates the precision of the analysis.

    Authors: The referee is correct. The even-odd effect prevents a clean 1/N extrapolation, and the value ~0.1 is inferred from the bounded amplitude of oscillations rather than from a fitted extrapolation. The phrasing in the abstract and main text overstates the precision of the analysis. We will revise the manuscript as follows: (1) In the abstract, we will replace 'Γ_G/ω_G ~ 0.1 in the thermodynamic limit' with language such as 'the graviton mode remains long-lived, with a relative decay rate Γ_G/ω_G bounded below ~0.1–0.15 in the thermodynamic limit.' (2) In the main text (Intrinsic lifetime analysis section), we will explicitly state the range of values observed (approximately 0.08–0.15 for ϕ=1/6, and similarly bounded for ϕ=1/10), note the ±50% finite-size uncertainty, and emphasize that the central claim is the boundedness and finiteness of the decay rate, not the precise value. (3) We will add a sentence acknowledging that the even-odd effect is an irreducible finite-size limitation of the current analysis. We believe this accurately reflects what the data show while preserving the physically meaningful conclusion that the graviton is a well-defined quasiparticle. revision: yes

  3. Referee: The MPS results at W=∞ (the experimentally relevant regime, as noted in the text) show the graviton spectrum (Figs. 1(b), 1(d)) but do not extract a linewidth. Thus there is no cross-check of the decay rate in the regime where experiments would actually be performed. While the qualitative graviton signal is well-established across methods, the quantitative lifetime claim rests entirely on pED at finite W. The authors should acknowledge this gap explicitly and, if possible, comment on whether an MPS-based linewidth extraction is feasible.

    Authors: The referee correctly identifies a gap in our analysis: the quantitative lifetime is extracted from pED at finite W, while the experimentally relevant regime (W=∞) is studied with MPS only qualitatively (spectral peak identification, not linewidth extraction). We will acknowledge this gap explicitly in the revised manuscript. Regarding feasibility of an MPS-based linewidth extraction: in principle, the spectral linewidth can be extracted from the long-time behavior of the MPS time-evolved correlator (Eq. S1), since the regularization parameter γ plays the role of an artificial broadening and the intrinsic linewidth manifests as an additional decay envelope on top of the γ-broadened Lorentzian. However, in practice this requires evolving to times t ≳ 1/Γ_G ~ 10/J while maintaining bond dimensions D ≥ 600–800, which is at the limit of our current computational capacity for the system sizes studied. The challenge is compounded by the fact that the graviton peak sits near a continuum of states, so disentangling the intrinsic decay from finite-size effects requires either very long cylinders or careful regularization. We will add a comment to this effect in the Discussion, noting that an MPS-based linewidth extraction at W=∞ is a natural target for future work. We will also note that the qualitative observation of a sharp, well-resolved graviton peak in the MPS spectra at W=∞ (Figs. 1(b), 1(d)) is consistent with the finite lifetime found in pED, providing indirect support for the claim that the lifetime remains bounded in the experimentally relevant regime. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity; self-citations are methodological and results are independently computed from the Hamiltonian

full rationale

The paper's central claims — existence of a chiral graviton mode in non-Abelian lattice FQH states, its topological sector independence, and its lifetime Γ_G/ω_G ~ 0.1 — are computed from the Harper-Hofstadter Hamiltonian (Eq. 1) via fED, pED, and MPS simulations. The graviton operator O±_{3b} (Eq. 2) is a lattice discretization of the known continuum 3-body stress tensor, and the SM (Eqs. S2–S10) explicitly verifies the continuum limit. The key expansion step (Eq. S9, A±(q) ≃ (q±)²) is attributed to Ref. [45] (5/6 overlapping authors), but this is a straightforward leading-order Fourier transform result for short-range f(r) with angular momentum 2, not a deep unverified theorem. The lifetime extraction (Eq. 5, Γ_fwhm = 2(Γ_G + γ)) is a standard Lorentzian deconvolution; Γ_G is obtained by extrapolating the fitted linewidth to γ=0, which is a genuine extraction from data, not a definition. The self-citations to Refs. [45, 48, 55] are methodological — the authors developed lattice graviton techniques for Abelian states and now apply them to non-Abelian states. The results (spectral peaks, chirality, lifetime) are outputs of numerical simulation, not inputs renamed as outputs. No step in the derivation chain reduces to its own inputs by construction. The one minor concern is that the continuum-limit derivation in the SM defers a step to Ref. [45] rather than fully reproducing it, but this is a presentation choice, not circularity. Score 2 reflects the presence of methodological self-citations that are not load-bearing for the central claim.

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

The paper introduces no new physical entities. The graviton operator (Eq. 2) is a lattice discretization of a known continuum object. The graviton mode itself is a known excitation of FQH states; the paper demonstrates its persistence on the lattice in a non-Abelian state. The 'gravitino' mentioned in the Discussion is flagged as a future direction, not introduced as a new entity.

free parameters (4)
  • f_G(δ) — graviton operator form factor = f(1)=1, f(√2)=1/√2, f(other)=0
    Short-ranged function on the lattice graviton operator (Eq. 2). Chosen to match the continuum limit; not fitted to data but selected by hand as the simplest nearest-neighbor truncation.
  • V₀ — trapping potential = 2×10⁻⁴
    Harmonic trapping potential added to confine the droplet in disk geometry. Small value chosen to avoid distorting the FQH physics.
  • W — three-body interaction strength = ∞ (MPS), 5 (pED lifetime)
    Set to infinity (hard-core) in MPS simulations to match experimental three-body loss conditions; set to W=5 in pED for lifetime analysis. Not a fitted parameter but a modeling choice.
  • γ — regularization parameter = range [0.1ω_G, 0.5ω_G]
    Regularization parameter for the Lanczos continued fraction spectral function. Not a physical parameter but a numerical artifact; the lifetime Γ_G is extracted by extrapolating γ→0 via Eq. 5.
assumptions (4)
  • domain assumption The bosonic Harper-Hofstadter model at low flux (ϕ≲0.2) with three-body hard-core interaction realizes a Moore-Read (Pfaffian) ground state at ν=1.
    Established by prior MPS studies (Refs. [20, 21]). The paper verifies this via entanglement spectrum (SM Fig. S1-S2) but relies on the prior identification of the phase boundary.
  • domain assumption Band-projected ED captures the essential physics of graviton decay because the relevant many-body excitations predominantly live in the lowest band.
    Stated in the SM: 'the graviton decay is mainly due to decay into many-body excitations which mostly live in the lowest band.' This is the load-bearing assumption for the lifetime analysis.
  • standard math The lattice graviton operator (Eq. 2) flows to the continuum graviton operator in the ϕ→0 limit.
    Derived in the SM (Eqs. S2-S10) via a continuum limit and LLL projection. The derivation is parameter-free and does not assume the target result.
  • domain assumption The center-of-mass momentum symmetry, while not exact on the lattice, is emergent at low flux and allows identification of magnetoroton and neutral fermion dispersions around K₀=(0,0) and K₀=(π,0).
    Discussed in the SM following Ref. [71]. The identification of neutral modes in Fig. 3 relies on this approximate symmetry.

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Synthetic quantum matter provides a highly tunable route to fractional quantum Hall physics beyond the constraints of conventional electronic materials. However, previous theoretical studies have mostly focused on their ground state properties. It remains unclear to what extent such platforms could reveal key excitation properties of fractional quantum Hall states. Here, we study charge-neutral collective excitations in a non-abelian lattice fractional quantum Hall state realized in the bosonic Harper-Hofstadter model at unity filling factior, realizing a Moore-Read ground state. Combining full exact diagonalization, band-projected exact diagonalization, and matrix-product-state simulations, we demonstrate the existence of a long-lived chiral graviton mode, probed by chiral 3-body correlators, for the first time on lattice non-Abelian states. The graviton signal is topological sector-independent and could be observed via geometric quenches in small open droplets directly relevant to current cold-atom experiments, while other neutral modes, such as the magnetoroton and neutral fermion, are less resolved at presently achievable volumes.

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