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Sector-resolved non-Bloch topology and nonlocal entanglement dynamics in a bond-dissipative Kitaev chain

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Pith's one-line read In a dissipative Kitaev chain, local densities miss the topology of a single gapless Majorana sector; entanglement-spectrum zero events under periodic-boundary evolution recover the open-boundary edge modes sector by sector.

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arxiv 2608.12809 v1 pith:MYQXFGT5 submitted 2026-08-13 quant-ph cond-mat.supr-con

Shaina Gandhi , Koustav Roy , Bilal Tanatar , Saurabh Basu This is my paper · ORCID
classification quant-phcond-mat.supr-con PACS 03.65.Yz03.67.Mn
keywords non-Hermitiantopologynon-Blochbulk-boundarycorrespondencedissipativeKitaevchainLindbladmasterequationthirdquantizationentanglementspectrumMajoranazeromodesLiouvillianskineffect
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The paper's central claim is that the usual link between relaxation dynamics and non-Hermitian topology breaks in a dissipative topological superconductor. In a bond-dissipative dimerized Kitaev chain at zero chemical potential, the Majorana damping matrix separates exactly into two independent non-Hermitian sectors, each with its own generalized Brillouin zone and non-Bloch winding number. The local particle density, however, is a cross-sector covariance and decays at the sum of the two sector rates, so it remains exponentially damped even when one sector is gapless, meaning its damping rate touches zero. The paper proposes that finite-time zero events in the spatial entanglement spectrum, computed under purely periodic-boundary Lindblad evolution, recover the open-boundary edge rapidities sector by sector, giving a nonlocal probe of the hidden topology. If the paper is right, local observables can be systematically blind to topological edge content in dissipative superconductors, while nonlocal spectral quantities can still certify that content.

What carries the argument

The load-bearing object is the Majorana rapidity matrix $X$, the finite-dimensional matrix of damping eigenvalues obtained by third quantization of the quadratic Lindblad equation. At zero chemical potential it block-decomposes into two independent sectors, labelled $1$–$4$ and $2$–$3$, each a non-Hermitian SSH-like chain whose winding number is evaluated on that sector's own generalized Brillouin zone; the sector edge-count rule $n_{\mathrm{edge}}=2(\nu_{14}+\nu_{23})$ then predicts the number of isolated open-boundary rapidities. The second essential mechanism is covariance selection: the physical density projects only onto cross-sector covariance elements, so its decay rate is the sum of two sector rates, whereas same-sector covariance probes and the spatial entanglement spectrum retain the slow-channel information that the density misses.

What would settle it

Diagonalize the $4\times4$ Bloch rapidity matrix at $\mu=0$ for $t=1$, $d=0.5$, $\Gamma=0.4$ at $\Delta/t=1,-1,2.5$ and check whether any sector rapidity $\lambda$ satisfies $\mathrm{Re}\,\lambda=0$; if none does, the predicted algebraic relaxation of the same-sector covariance probes $G_{14}$ and $G_{23}$ would not occur in those regimes.

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Core claim

At $\mu=0$ the paper finds an exact sector-resolved non-Bloch bulk-boundary correspondence. The $4\times4$ Bloch rapidity matrix decomposes into the $1$–$4$ and $2$–$3$ Majorana sectors, labelled $\eta=\pm$, each equivalent to a non-Hermitian SSH chain with effective couplings $a_\eta=t_1-\eta\Delta_1$ and $b_\eta=t_2+\eta\Delta_2$, a sector-dependent generalized Brillouin zone of radius $r_\eta=\sqrt{|(a_\eta-\Gamma/2)/(a_\eta+\Gamma/2)|}$, and a quantized winding $\nu_\eta$ equal to $1$ when $|b_\eta|^2>|a_\eta^2-\Gamma^2/4|$ and $0$ otherwise. The open-boundary edge-rapidity count is $2(\nu_{14}+\nu_{23})$. Because the unit-cell density is built from covariances connecting the two sectors, its decay rate is the sum of one rate from each sector, so a single gapless sector does not force algebraic density decay. For balanced gain and loss, finite-time zeros of the entanglement spectrum under periodic-boundary evolution appear exactly in the sectors with nonzero post-quench winding, making the entanglement spectrum a dynamical invariant that returns the open-boundary edge content without opening the chain.

Load-bearing premise

The load-bearing premise is that a sector's PBC damping gap closes exactly when $|a_\eta|\le|b_\eta|$; this condition is asserted in the main text without derivation and is not obviously consistent with the Appendix B exceptional-window criterion $|a_\eta\pm b_\eta|\le\Gamma/2$, on which the representative gapless parameters are chosen.

Editorial extensions

If this is right

  • In the trivial and single-topological regimes, the particle density decays exponentially even when one Majorana sector is PBC-gapless; algebraic decay appears only in covariance channels that overlap the gapless sector.
  • The open-boundary rapidity spectrum contains $0,2,2,$ or $4$ isolated edge rapidities according to whether the sector windings are $(0,0)$, $(1,0)$, $(0,1)$, or $(1,1)$, matching direct diagonalization of the finite-chain rapidity matrix.
  • For balanced gain and loss, finite-time zero events in the total spatial entanglement spectrum under PBC evolution occur precisely in the sectors with nonzero post-quench non-Bloch winding, away from transition points and exceptional windows.
  • At nonzero chemical potential the two sectors hybridize and exact sector windings are no longer definable, but the total-entanglement-spectrum zero-event diagnostic remains visible under weak sector mixing.
  • The dissipative-SSH result that a gapless PBC damping gap forces algebraic relaxation of the density does not transfer verbatim to this topological superconductor; the observable's covariance structure decides which channels are visible.

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

  • Editorial extension: any observable built from cross-sector covariance elements, not just the density, should show the same blindness; two-point correlations that mix the $1$–$4$ and $2$–$3$ Majorana sectors would stay exponentially damped beside a gapless sector.
  • Testable extension: a measurement scheme that resolves same-sector Majorana covariances, for example through a sublattice- or flavor-selective probe, should reveal the algebraic slow channel where the density does not.
  • Connection to neighbouring problems: in multi-sector Lindblad models where opening the chain is difficult, the PBC entanglement-spectrum zero-event protocol may serve as a general route to read open-boundary topological content, and the paper's $\mu\neq0$ data suggest this route tolerates weak sector mixing.
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Summary. The manuscript studies a bond-dissipative dimerized Kitaev chain within the third-quantized Lindblad formalism. Its central result is that, at zero chemical potential, the Majorana rapidity matrix decouples exactly into two independent non-Hermitian sectors (1–4 and 2–3), each possessing its own generalized Brillouin zone, non-Bloch winding number, and damping gap. The authors show that this sector structure invalidates the usual gap–relaxation correspondence for local observables: the local density is a cross-sector covariance and therefore remains exponentially damped when only one sector is gapless and topological, while same-sector covariance probes reveal the slow channel. For balanced gain and loss, they further claim that finite-time zero events in the periodic-boundary entanglement spectrum recover the open-boundary edge-rapidity content sector by sector, without physically opening the chain. The main text is supported by appendices deriving the rapidity matrix, the PBC/OBC spectra, the exceptional-point windows, the non-Bloch winding criterion, the edge-count rule 2(ν14+ν23), a trivial-control ES quench, a zero-event scan, and finite-chemical-potential crossover checks.

Significance. If the sector-resolved non-Bloch construction holds, this is a valuable and nontrivial counterexample to the established correspondence between Liouvillian damping gaps and observable relaxation: it shows that a topological superconducting rapidity matrix can host independent Majorana sectors with different GBZs, windings, and damping gaps, and that physical observables may project onto cross-sector channels and become blind to a gapless topological sector. The analytic parts of the paper are strong and internally consistent: the µ=0 sector decomposition is exact, the non-Bloch winding criterion is derived by the argument principle in Appendix C, and the edge-count rule in Eq. (11) is verified against direct OBC diagonalization in Fig. 2. The covariance-selection explanation of density blindness is concrete and plausible. The entanglement-spectrum claim, by contrast, is currently the weakest load-bearing part: it rests on binary numerical indicators for a single initial state, with no derivation connecting zero events to the non-Bloch invariants or to the OBC edge-rapidity count.

major comments (3)
  1. [Entanglement-spectrum dynamics and Appendix D, Eq. (D1)] The paper's headline claim that finite-time ES zero events constitute a dynamical invariant that returns the OBC edge rapidities is not supported by the presented evidence. The indicators Z14 and Z23 are binary flags computed for one fixed trivial initial state; no derivation connects crossings of ξℓ at 1/2 to the sector winding numbers or to the predicted edge count 2(ν14+ν23), and no crossing multiplicities, subsystem-size scaling, or initial-state variation are reported. The Abstract states that the ES "serves as a dynamical invariant that returns the open-boundary edge rapidities," and the Conclusion states that it "returns the OBC edge content," which is stronger than the qualitative sector-correlation shown in Fig. D2. Please either provide a derivation of the zero-event count from the covariance-matrix spectrum (e.g., through the sector-resolved rapidity structure and the resulting entanglement occupations) or substantially strengthen the numerical evidence and temper the claims accordingly.
  2. [Entanglement-spectrum dynamics, text around Eq. (19)] The finite-time zero-event counting protocol is under-specified. Because balanced gain and loss drive all entanglement occupations toward ξℓ=1/2 at long times, the distinction between a finite-time zero event and the asymptotic balanced-loss collapse requires a precise criterion: a time cutoff, a tolerance in |ξℓ−1/2|, and a rule for handling tangencies or multiple crossings. Without such a criterion, the binary indicators in Eq. (D1) are not reproducible; with a sufficiently late cutoff, every sector would eventually register a 'zero event.' Please specify the detection protocol exactly and, if possible, show that the results are robust to reasonable variations of the cutoff and tolerance.
  3. [Appendix D, Fig. D2, and Conclusion] The ES-winding correspondence is explicitly not applied inside the real-gapless rapidity windows (shaded regions in Fig. D2), yet the Abstract and Conclusion state that the ES recovers hidden edge content 'sector by sector' and 'requires no physical breaking of the chain' without this qualification. The status of the claimed invariant inside those windows—where the sector damping gap vanishes and the OBC edge-rapidity structure is degenerate—is not addressed. Please either analyze these parameter regions or explicitly qualify the invariant claim to the regions where the correspondence is verified.
minor comments (4)
  1. [Observable-selective damping, around Eq. (13)] The statement that the PBC sector gap vanishes when |aη|≤|bη| is asserted without proof in the main text. It follows from Rη(e^{ik}) in Eq. (A16): the gapless condition reduces to (aη+bη cos k)^2=0, which is possible exactly when |aη|≤|bη|. Please add this one-line derivation in the main text for completeness.
  2. [Model and Majorana-sector rapidity matrix] The sentence introducing the sector labels says the sectors are "denoted by η=±, respectfully"; this should read "respectively."
  3. [Appendix D, Fig. D2] The equality Zη=νη in Eq. (D2) is stated qualitatively. It would be more informative to show the numerical values of Zη and νη in the same panel or in a table, including the exact scan step in Δ/t, so that readers can verify the claimed equality away from the windows and transition points.
  4. [Abstract and Conclusion] The phrase 'dynamical invariant' is used without a definition. An invariant normally requires quantization and a specified class of evolutions under which it is conserved; please define what is meant here, particularly how the zero-event count is quantized and how it is distinguished from the asymptotic collapse.

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No significant circularity: sector decomposition, non-Bloch winding, edge-count rule, and damping-gap condition are derived in-text and verified against direct diagonalization; the entanglement-spectrum claim is numerical but not definitionally equivalent to the invariants.

full rationale

The paper's central derivation chain is self-contained against standard external machinery. At mu=0, the rapidity matrix block-diagonalizes into the (1,4) and (2,3) Majorana sectors; this is derived in Appendix A from the explicit Majorana representation, not assumed. The sector GBZ radius r_eta = sqrt(|a_eta-Gamma/2|/|a_eta+Gamma/2|) is derived in Appendix C from the characteristic equation and the standard |z1|=|z2| non-Bloch condition, citing textbook external references [1,3,4], not self-citations. The winding criterion Eq. (C22) follows from an explicit argument-principle count of zeros and poles of h_{eta,+} and h_{eta,-} relative to the sector GBZ; it is not a renaming of the edge-count result. The edge-count prediction n_pred = 2(nu_14+nu_23) is then checked against direct diagonalization of the finite OBC matrix in Fig. 2, so the prediction is independently verified rather than fitted. The observable-selective damping claim also follows from the covariance evolution equation and the explicit cross-sector structure of the density; the condition |a_eta|<=|b_eta| for a vanishing PBC sector damping gap is algebraically implied by (a_eta + b_eta cos k)^2 = 0 in the sector rapidity expression, and Appendix B's |a_eta +/- b_eta| <= Gamma/2 windows are the distinct Re(beta)=0 real-gapless/exceptional-point phenomenon, so there is no inconsistency. The entanglement-spectrum section is the weakest part of the paper, but not circular: the binary zero-event indicators Z_14 and Z_23 are computed by evolving the PBC covariance matrix and detecting crossings of xi_l = 1/2; they are dynamical observables, not defined as the winding numbers. The trivial-to-trivial control and the finite-mu total-ES check in Appendices D and E provide independent evidence, and the zero-event diagnostic is imported from the external Ref. [38]. The abstract's statement that the ES 'returns the open-boundary edge rapidities' is stronger than the binary presence/absence data actually shown, and no direct count of zero events is compared with 2(nu_14+nu_23); however, that is an evidentiary overclaim, not a circular reduction. Self-citations [5,6,15] appear only as background examples and are not load-bearing; no uniqueness theorem or ansatz is smuggled in through self-citation. No parameters are fitted to data, and the non-Bloch construction is parameter-free with stated assumptions. Overall, the derivation does not reduce to its inputs.

Assumptions & free parameters 0 free parameters · 6 assumptions · 0 invented entities

No free parameters are fitted to data; all results are deterministic functions of the physical parameters t, d, Delta, mu, gamma_l, gamma_g. The central derivations rest on standard third quantization and non-Bloch bulk-boundary correspondence. Two ad hoc choices carry the observable-selection and ES results: the sector-gap criterion and the zero-event diagnostic.

assumptions (6)
  • standard math Third quantization maps the quadratic Lindblad equation to the rapidity matrix X and source matrix Y.
    Invoked in Appendix A, following Prosen Refs. [16,17]; accepted framework for quadratic open fermionic systems.
  • standard math For a non-Hermitian SSH-like chain, a nonzero non-Bloch winding gives one isolated edge rapidity per boundary.
    Used in Appendix C to translate the sector windings into n_edge = 2(nu14 + nu23), citing Refs. [1,3,4]; numerically verified in Fig. 2.
  • standard math The entanglement spectrum of a Gaussian fermionic state is determined by the subsystem covariance matrix.
    Used in the entanglement-spectrum section, citing Refs. [30-33].
  • domain assumption The quench protocol with a trivial Hermitian ground state initial condition and balanced loss/gain turned on at tau=0 probes the post-quench topology.
    The specific protocol in the Entanglement-spectrum dynamics section; the paper does not show the result is independent of this preparation.
  • ad hoc to paper Finite-time crossings of the entanglement occupations at xi=1/2, before the asymptotic balanced-loss collapse, constitute a topological signal.
    Adopted from Ref. [38] and encoded in Z_eta in Eq. (D1); supported only by numerics and excluded inside the real-gapless windows.
  • ad hoc to paper The PBC sector damping gap vanishes exactly when |a_eta| <= |b_eta|.
    Stated without derivation in the Observable-selective damping section; appears to conflict with Appendix B's real-gapless window condition |a_eta +/- b_eta| <= Gamma/2.

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A core characteristic of dissipative non-Hermitian topology is that the relaxation dynamics tracks the non-Bloch bulk-boundary correspondence, rendering an algebraic decay in the gapless regime and an exponential falloff in the gapped phase, so that local observables directly diagnose the topology. We show that this correspondence breaks down in a dissipative topological superconductor, where the local observables turn blind to the very topology they are expected to decipher. Via a bond-dissipative dimerized Kitaev chain in a third-quantized rapidity-matrix formulation, we find that at zero chemical potential the Majorana rapidity matrix decomposes into two independent non-Hermitian sectors, each with its own generalized Brillouin zone and non-Bloch winding number, thereby revealing a sector-resolved non-Bloch bulk-boundary correspondence. The local density is a cross-sector covariance and relaxes at the sum of the two sector rates, so it remains sector-blind even when one sector is gapless and topological. For balanced gain and loss, the finite-time zero events of the entanglement spectrum under purely periodic-boundary Lindblad evolution recover this hidden edge content sector by sector, serving as a dynamical invariant that returns the open-boundary edge rapidities without physically opening the chain.

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Figure 1. FIG. 1. Schematic of the bond-dissipative dimerized Kitaev [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p002_1.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 2. ) as the 1ab and 1ba topological-superconductor regimes, respectively, while (1, 1) denotes the SSH-like regime and (0, 0) the trivial regime [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p003_2.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 3. FIG. 3. Sector-resolved rapidity spectra and PBC damping. (a)–(d) Damping-plane spectra [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p004_3.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 4. Figure 4: FIG. 4. Entanglement-spectrum dynamics under PBC after dissipative quenches from a trivial Hermitian initial state at [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p005_4.png]

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