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Universal scaling of spatially extended zero modes in inhomogeneous SSH chains

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Pith's one-line read For smooth interfaces in inhomogeneous SSH chains, the topological zero mode is not exponentially localized: its width grows as the square root of the chain size, and this emergent length controls correlations and entanglement.

desk verdict Solid and clean where it is careful, but the sqrt(N) universality is conditional on interfaces that scale with system size, not on smoothness alone; the abstract overstates the scope. read the letter →

arxiv 2608.11021 v1 pith:LGXYNY4V submitted 2026-08-11 cond-mat.str-el cond-mat.stat-mechquant-ph

Gilles Parez , Nicolas Crampé , Quentin Labriet , Lucia Morey , Luc Vinet This is my paper · ORCID
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The reading

The paper asks what happens to a topologically protected zero mode when the interface between two gapped phases is smooth rather than sharp, using inhomogeneous Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) chains, one-dimensional dimerized hopping models with two topologically distinct phases. It claims that for any smooth hopping profile whose mass $m(x)=v(x)-w(x)$ changes sign once with a nonzero slope, the zero mode spreads over a length proportional to $\sqrt{N}$, regardless of the microscopic shape of the interface. This emergent length creates a mesoscopic critical region in which correlations decay algebraically and the entanglement entropy grows logarithmically with the interface width. The result matters because it turns the existence of a protected mode into quantitative predictions about the many-body state around smooth topological interfaces.

What carries the argument

The load-bearing object is the chiral zero-mode wavefunction, which chiral symmetry forces to be exact and sublattice-polarized in any odd open chain, with the product form of Eq. (2) built from the ratios $v_j/w_j$. In the continuum limit this envelope is the Jackiw-Rebbi Gaussian of the inhomogeneous Dirac Hamiltonian $h(x)=m(x)\sigma_x + ia w(x)\sigma_y\partial_x$, whose width $\xi$ is set by the local mass gradient. The argument that makes $\xi$ universal is the rescaling condition $f_{\lambda n,\lambda N}=f_{n,N}$: it forces every smooth coupling to depend only on $n/N$, so $m'(x_0)\sim \ell^{-1}$, which turns the Gaussian width into $\sqrt{N}$ regardless of the microscopic profile.

What would settle it

Compute the zero-mode width from the exact product formula for chains in which the interface width is held fixed in lattice units as $N$ grows (for example a mass profile $m(n)=\tanh(n/\ell)$ with fixed $\ell$): the paper's scaling criterion predicts the width stays $O(1)$, so observing $\sqrt{N}$ growth would falsify the claim. For profiles that do satisfy the rescaling condition, checking numerically that the width divided by $\sqrt{N}$ is constant across $N=100,400,1600$ settles the scaling law.

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Extended reading notes

Core claim

The central claim is that for generic smooth inhomogeneous SSH chains with a mass $m(x)=v(x)-w(x)$ that crosses zero once at $x_0$ with $m'(x_0)\neq 0$, the exact lattice zero mode is accurately described by a Gaussian Jackiw-Rebbi envelope. The width of that envelope is $\xi=\sqrt{w(x_0)/(a|m'(x_0)|)}$, and for any hopping profile admitting a continuum limit it scales as $\xi\sim\sqrt{N}$, because smoothness forces the mass gradient to be of order $1/N$ rather than a fixed microscopic constant. Around the interface, the AB correlation decays as $d^{-1}$ for $d\ll\xi$ and exponentially for $d\gg\xi$, while the entanglement entropy at the interface obeys $S(n_0)=\frac{1}{6}\log\xi+0.514$, matching the logarithmic form of a one-dimensional critical free-fermion system with an effective region of size $\xi$.

Load-bearing premise

The result relies on the hopping profiles being smooth on the scale of the whole chain, so the mass slope at the interface is inversely proportional to the system size; a fixed-width interface would give a constant zero-mode width instead of $\sqrt{N}$ growth.

Editorial extensions

If this is right

  • Every smooth interface with a single sign-changing mass and nonzero slope hosts a zero mode whose width grows as $\sqrt{N}$, independent of the functional form of the hoppings.
  • The same $\sqrt{N}$ extension applies to multiple smooth interfaces in one chain, each generating its own mesoscopic critical region.
  • Inter-sublattice correlations near the interface collapse onto a universal curve: algebraic decay $\sim d^{-1}$ for $d\ll\xi$, exponential decay for $d\gg\xi$, with the crossover at $d/\xi\sim 1$.
  • Entanglement entropy at the interface satisfies $S(n_0)=\frac{1}{6}\log\xi+0.514$, the same logarithmic form as a critical free-fermion chain of length $\xi$.
  • Weak disorder with preserved chiral symmetry leaves the zero-mode position and width essentially unchanged, so the $\sqrt{N}$ scaling is robust.

Reading between the lines

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

  • The paper leaves implicit that the same argument should apply to other one-dimensional chiral topological models with smooth domain walls, for example the Majorana zero mode of a Kitaev chain should also spread as $\sqrt{N}$.
  • A testable extension not performed here is that a quantum quench or transport probe across the interface should show a dynamical crossover at times and distances set by $\xi$, since $\xi$ is the emergent low-energy length.
  • In photonic or cold-atom realizations that control the mass gradient, the zero-mode envelope can be imaged directly and the predicted $d^{-1}$ to exponential crossover measured as a function of $N$.
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Editorial analysis

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Referee Report

2 major / 6 minor

Summary. The paper studies inhomogeneous SSH chains with spatially varying hoppings v_n and w_n, odd length 2N+1, and a single interface at which the mass m(x)=v(x)-w(x) changes sign once with nonzero derivative. Using the exact lattice zero-mode formula Eq. (2) and a continuum Dirac reduction Eq. (3), it derives a Jackiw-Rebbi zero mode with a Gaussian envelope whose lattice width is xi = sqrt(w(x0)/(a|m'(x0)|)) in Eq. (5b). Assuming coupling profiles of the scaling form f(n/N), the paper argues that xi ~ sqrt(N) universally. It then presents numerical evidence that correlations near the interface collapse as a function of d/xi, decaying algebraically as d^-1 for d << xi and exponentially beyond, and that the entanglement entropy at the interface satisfies S(n0) = (1/6) log xi + 0.514, which is interpreted as a mesoscopic critical region separating two gapped phases.

Significance. If the result holds, the paper identifies a new emergent length scale for smooth topological interfaces and connects the spatial profile of a protected zero mode to correlation and entanglement properties of the surrounding many-body state. The exact lattice solution Eq. (2), the clean continuum reduction to Eq. (3), the scaling collapse in Fig. 2, the local topological marker in Fig. S2, and the weak-disorder checks in Figs. S4-S5 are all genuine strengths; the numerical lattice-continuum agreement is excellent. However, the universality claim is narrower than the abstract states: the xi ~ sqrt(N) result relies on the interface width growing with N, and the smoothness condition in the Supplemental Material is not sufficient to guarantee this. The paper is otherwise clearly written and the main analytical steps are standard and checkable.

major comments (2)
  1. [Spatial extension, Eq. (6); SM Eq. (S6)] The derivation of xi ~ sqrt(N) uses the rescaling invariance f_{lambda n, lambda N} = f_{n,N}, not merely the smoothness condition |a d_x f / f| << 1 stated in Eq. (S6). These are inequivalent. For example, take v_n = 1 - delta tanh((n-n0)/W) and w_n = 1 + delta tanh((n-n0)/W) with W >> 1 fixed and independent of N. This profile satisfies Eq. (S6), but m'(x0) ~ 2 delta/(a W) is independent of N, so Eq. (5b) gives xi ~ sqrt(w(x0) W/delta) = O(1) as N grows, and the exact zero mode in Eq. (2) confirms a localization width O(W). Thus the abstract's phrase 'arbitrary smooth hopping profiles' and the conclusion's 'independently of the microscopic realization of the interface' overstate the theorem. The result applies to profiles whose physical interface width scales with N, i.e. profiles of the form f(n/N). This is a load-bearing point for Eq. (6) and should be stated explicitly, with the theorem re-scoped and the examples described accordingly.
  2. [Entanglement entropy, Eq. (8)] The universal logarithmic law S(n0) = (1/6) log xi + 0.514 is presented as a numerical fit for two families of profiles. No derivation is given, and Fig. 3 (bottom) does not show fit errors, the number of data points per family, or the fitting range in xi. Since this equation is a central piece of the mesoscopic-critical-region interpretation, please either derive the coefficient 1/6 from the Gaussian structure of Eq. (5) or substantially expand the numerical evidence (more profile families, error bars, stated fit ranges) and state explicitly that Eq. (8) is a fitted scaling law rather than a derived one.
minor comments (6)
  1. [Abstract and Conclusion] The phrases 'arbitrary smooth hopping profiles' and 'independently of the microscopic details' should be qualified to reflect the n/N scaling assumption; this is directly connected to the first major comment.
  2. [Correlations, Fig. 2] Please specify the fitting ranges in d/xi and state whether the algebraic exponent 1 and the exponential rate 4.4 are fixed or free parameters in the fits shown in Fig. 2.
  3. [Entanglement entropy, Fig. 3] The bottom panel should state how the xi values are generated (for example, varying N at fixed alpha, beta, or varying alpha, beta at fixed N), and should include error bars for S(n0).
  4. [Entanglement entropy, Eq. (8)] The interface position n0 = pN is used in Eq. (8) and Fig. 3, but pN need not be an integer; define n0 = round(pN) or specify the convention used for non-integer pN.
  5. [Model and zero mode, Eq. (2)] The normalization constants N_latt in Eq. (2) and N in Eq. (4b) can be confused with the system size N; consider renaming them, for example Z and N_norm.
  6. [Correlations, SM Eq. (S22)] The statement in the main text that 'the correlations within each sublattice are entirely determined by the zero mode' is imprecise: Eq. (S22) gives C^{-,BB}_{mn} = (1/2) delta_{mn}, which does not involve the zero mode; only the AA sector is fixed by C^0.

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No circular derivation; the sqrt(N) scaling follows from the stated rescaling assumption and the standard Jackiw-Rebbi width, not from fitting the target result or from load-bearing self-citation.

full rationale

The central claim xi ~ sqrt(N) is derived, not assumed or fitted. Eq. (5b) gives the standard Jackiw-Rebbi localization length xi = sqrt(w(x0)/(a|m'(x0)|)), and Eq. (6) follows from the explicitly stated rescaling invariance f_{lambda n, lambda N} = f_{n,N}, which makes every coupling a function of n/N and hence m'(x0) = O(1/ell). This is a stated hypothesis about the class of profiles, not a parameter fitted to the target scaling. The power-law and Fermi-Dirac examples are constructed to satisfy this scaling condition and are used as consistency checks; they are not the source of the universal law. The correlation collapse in Fig. 2 uses the analytically obtained xi as the scaling variable and compares the observed d^{-1} and exp(-4.4 d/xi) behavior with known critical and gapped expectations; the collapse could have failed, so it is evidence rather than circularity. Eq. (8) is explicitly presented as a numerical fit to S(n0) versus log xi, with the 1/6 slope benchmarked against the known SSH critical entanglement entropy, so it is an empirical consistency check rather than a disguised prediction. The self-citations (e.g., Refs. [25,28,32,35]) concern inhomogeneous free-fermion models and orthogonal polynomials and are background; none carries a load-bearing uniqueness or derivation step. The main caveat is a scope limitation, not circularity: the rescaling invariance assumed in the Spatial extension section is stronger than the smoothness criterion |a partial_x f / f| << 1 of SM Eq. (S6). A smooth interface of fixed physical width, such as v_n = 1 - delta tanh((n-n0)/W) with W independent of N, satisfies S6 but not f_{lambda n, lambda N} = f_{n,N}; for such profiles Eq. (5b) gives xi = O(1), so the abstract's 'arbitrary smooth hopping profiles' overstates the proved theorem. That is a correctness and assumption-strength concern, not circularity, so the circularity score is low.

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

The only real input beyond the model is the continuum-limit scaling assumption that the couplings depend on n/N, which forces interface gradients to be O(1/N); all other inputs are standard free-fermion and chiral-symmetry tools. The supporting correlation and entanglement claims add fit parameters (slopes and intercepts), but these do not enter the central sqrt(N) derivation.

free parameters (4)
  • Critical entanglement slope a in S(n0)=a log xi + b = 1/6
    Obtained by numerical fit in Fig 3 (Eq 8); matches the known 1/6 critical free-fermion coefficient but is fitted, not predicted a priori.
  • Entanglement intercept b = 0.514
    Numerical fit constant in Eq (8), claimed to be independent of profile within numerical accuracy.
  • Exponential correlation decay rate = 4.4/xi
    Fitted decay constant used for the d >> xi exponential branch in Fig 2; sets the crossover scale but is not derived.
  • Algebraic correlation exponent = -1
    Fitted power-law exponent in Fig 2; the paper identifies it with the homogeneous critical SSH chain value.
assumptions (4)
  • standard math The odd-length chain with chiral symmetry has an exact zero mode with chirality +1 (Supplemental S1).
    Follows from hGamma = -Gamma h and odd matrix dimension; the proof is given, so this is a derived fact rather than an unstated assumption. Listed for completeness.
  • domain assumption The hopping profiles admit a continuum limit with f_{lambda n, lambda N} = f_{n,N}, so derivatives of the mass satisfy m'(x0) = O(1/N).
    This is the load-bearing scaling assumption that makes xi ~ sqrt(N) follow from the Jackiw-Rebbi width; it restricts the paper to interfaces spread over the whole system rather than fixed-width junctions.
  • standard math Ground-state correlations are built from the negative-energy single-particle states, with degenerate zero-mode occupations giving the two ground states (Supplemental S3).
    Standard free-fermion formalism; the equal-entropy claim for the two ground states uses chirality and completeness as stated.
  • domain assumption The Local Topological Marker of Ref [5] correctly distinguishes the two gapped phases in inhomogeneous chains (Supplemental S4).
    The marker is imported from an external reference and used as a diagnostic; the paper verifies it interpolates between -1 and 1 but does not re-derive its validity.

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Protected zero modes are a hallmark of topological phases of matter and are exponentially localized at sharp interfaces between distinct gapped phases. We investigate how this picture changes for smooth interfaces in a broad class of inhomogeneous Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) models. Combining an exact lattice solution with an inhomogeneous Dirac description, we show that the associated Jackiw-Rebbi zero mode becomes spatially extended. For arbitrary smooth hopping profiles, its lattice extension universally scales as the square root of the system size, independently of the microscopic details of the interface. This emergent length defines a mesoscopic critical region separating two gapped phases, within which correlations decay algebraically before crossing over to exponential decay. In addition, the entanglement entropy scales as the logarithm of the emergent length near the interface, confirming the interpretation of a mesoscopic critical region. Our results establish a universal critical length governing the low-energy physics of smooth topological interfaces.

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