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Anyon-induced non-Hermitian topological phases

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arxiv 2607.06934 v1 pith:CLQWJB7P submitted 2026-07-08 quant-ph cond-mat.quant-gas

Yi-An Wang , Kun Ding , Linhu Li This is my paper · ORCID
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This paper claims that fractional exchange statistics — the defining property of anyons, particles whose exchange accumulates a phase intermediate between bosons and fermions — can by themselves activate a non-Hermitian topological phase in a system that is otherwise topologically trivial. The setting is a one-dimensional dissipative ladder loaded with Abelian anyons, where strong on-site interaction binds N anyons into a composite object. When one such bound state hops by one site, each constituent anyon exchanges with every other, accumulating a total statistical phase Φ_N = N(N−1)θ/2. The authors show that this phase enters the effective hopping amplitude as a complex momentum shift, creating a mismatch between different terms in the Hamiltonian. In the presence of sublattice-dependent dissipation (loss on one chain but not the other), that mismatch opens a point gap in the complex energy spectrum — the hallmark of non-Hermitian topology — and triggers the non-Hermitian skin effect, where bound states pile up at one boundary. The topology vanishes at the bosonic (θ=0) and pseudofermionic (θ=π) limits and is maximal at intermediate statistical angles, confirming that it is the fractional statistics, not the dissipation alone, that produces the effect. Because Φ_N grows quadratically with particle number, the topology oscillates ever more rapidly in θ as N increases, and the sign of the spectral winding acquires a parity dependence on N.

What carries the argument

The argument proceeds in three steps. First, a generalized Jordan–Wigner transformation maps the anyonic operators to bosonic ones carrying density-dependent phase factors, making the statistical angle explicit. Second, quasi-degenerate perturbation theory at Nth order projects the full many-body Hamiltonian onto the subspace of N-particle bound states, yielding an effective single-particle lattice model whose intra-chain hopping carries the phase e^{−iΦ_N} while inter-chain couplings remain real. Third, the Bloch Hamiltonian of this effective model splits into a scalar part h_0(k) = (U_c + U_d)/2 + 2J cos(k − Φ_N) and a gap function ΔE(k) = sqrt(h_x(k)^2 + h_z^2), where h_z is purely imag由于

What would settle it

If one could construct a system where the N-particle bound states are well-resolved (large U, adequate γ) and the statistical phase θ is tuned to a generic non-trivial value, yet the complex spectrum under periodic boundary conditions shows no closed loop (no point gap) and the open-boundary eigenstates show no boundary accumulation, the central claim would be falsified. Equivalently, if removing the dissipation asymmetry (setting γ=0) but keeping the statistical phase nonzero still produced a point gap, the claimed synergy between statistics and dissipation would be undermined.

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Core claim

The central discovery is a concrete mechanism by which anyonic exchange statistics generates non-Hermitian point-gap topology: the cumulative statistical phase Φ_N = N(N−1)θ/2 acquired when an N-particle bound state moves by one lattice site enters the effective hopping as a complex phase factor e^{−iΦ_N}, shifting the momentum dependence of one Hamiltonian term relative to the others. When combined with sublattice-dependent dissipation, this momentum mismatch misaligns the real and imaginary parts of the energy as momentum varies, causing the spectrum to trace a closed loop in the complex plane — a point gap. The resulting non-reciprocity, quantified by an effective inverse localization长度 κ

Load-bearing premise

The entire mechanism rests on the N-particle bound states being well-separated in energy from the scattering continuum (requiring strong interaction U) and from each other in imaginary energy (requiring sufficient dissipation γ). If either U or γ is too small, the bound-state projection breaks down, the effective single-particle model ceases to apply, and the topological signatures become ill-defined — a limitation the authors acknowledge in their phase diagrams but which nar

Editorial extensions

If this is right

  • Exchange statistics can serve as a tunable knob for engineering non-Hermitian topology: by changing θ, one can switch the skin effect on or off and reverse its direction, without altering the Hamiltonian's hopping amplitudes or dissipation profile.
  • The N-parity dependence of the spectral winding direction means that composite particles with even and odd numbers of constituents exhibit qualitatively different boundary physics under the same statistical angle, suggesting a route to statistics-controlled particle sorting.
  • The mechanism — a statistics-induced momentum mismatch amplified by sublattice-dependent gain/loss — is not specific to the ladder geometry and could be transplanted to other lattice designs with pseudospin-dependent dissipation, including higher-dimensional systems.
  • The rapid oscillation of topology with θ for large N implies that many-body bound states can encode fine-grained topological information in the statistical angle, potentially useful for sensing or encoding.
  • Recent experimental realizations of 1D anyons via Floquet engineering and spin–charge separation, combined with demonstrated non-Hermitian skin effects in ultracold atoms, place the predicted phenomena within reach of current quantum simulation platforms.

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

  • If the mechanism generalizes to non-Abelian anyons in 2D, the braiding matrix elements could produce a richer class of momentum mismatches, potentially yielding topological phases whose winding is protected by braiding rather than by a scalar statistical phase.
  • The parity dependence suggests a connection to Z_2-graded structures: even-N and odd-N bound states behave as if they belong to different symmetry classes, which could be formalized via a particle-number-parity-graded non-Hermitian topological classification.
  • Because the topology requires both statistics and dissipation but neither alone, the system realizes a genuine synergy: the point gap is a joint topological invariant of the statistical phase and the dissipation profile, not a product of either independently.
  • The figure-eight spectral cancellation at J_0 = 0 (where signed area vanishes but skin modes persist) hints at a hidden symmetry that could protect topology even when standard spectral-winding invariants are trivial — a regime worth probing for anomalous boundary states.
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Summary. This manuscript demonstrates that anyonic exchange statistics can activate non-Hermitian point-gap topology in a 1D dissipative ladder model that is topologically trivial in the absence of fractional statistics. The authors consider a two-chain ladder loaded with Abelian anyons, with on-site Hubbard interaction U and sublattice-dependent dissipation γ. Through a generalized Jordan-Wigner transformation (Eq. 5), the anyonic system is mapped to a bosonic one with density-dependent phase factors. Projecting onto the N-particle bound-state subspace via Nth-order quasi-degenerate perturbation theory yields an effective single-particle Hamiltonian (Eq. 6) in which the statistical phase Φ_N = N(N−1)θ/2 enters only through the intra-chain hopping J^(N)_Φ = J^(N)e^{−iΦ_N} (Eq. 7). In the Bloch Hamiltonian (Eq. 8), this creates a momentum mismatch between h_0(k) ∝ cos(k−Φ_N) and ΔE(k) ∝ f(cos k), which, combined with the imaginary h_z from sublattice-dependent dissipation, opens a point gap and produces non-reciprocal skin localization of the bound states. The authors derive a signed spectral area S_± (Eq. 10) as a diagnostic of the spectral winding, extract an effective non-reciprocity κ^(N)_{c,d} (Eq. 11) via a decoupled-chain perturbation, and verify the predictions numerically for N=2 and N=3, including the rapid θ-oscillation and N-parity dependence. The perturbative regime (large U, sufficient γ) is explicitly delineated through quantitative separation criteria (Eqs. S33–S34) and

Significance. The paper addresses a genuinely novel question: whether fractional statistics can themselves activate non-Hermitian topology, rather than merely tuning a pre-existing one. The analytical mechanism is clear and physically transparent — the statistical phase generates a momentum mismatch between different Hamiltonian terms, which is converted into non-reciprocity by sublattice-dependent dissipation. The derivation chain is internally consistent: the Jordan-Wigner transformation is exact and unitary, the Nth-order perturbation theory follows standard quasi-degenerate methods, and each step's assumptions are stated. The signed spectral area (Eq. 10) is honestly presented as a diagnostic rather than a strict topological invariant, with the figure-eight exception (J_0=0, Sec. SIII.C) correctly identified as a cancellation rather than absence of topology. The parity dependence on N and the accelerated oscillation with θ are nontrivial, falsifiable predictions. The dynamical verification (End Matter, Fig. 5) provides an additional consistency check. The main limitation — restriction to the resolved regime (large U, sufficient γ) — is acknowledged through phase diagrams and quantitative

major comments (2)
  1. The numerical verification is limited to N=2 and N=3 with L=20. While the perturbative predictions are analytically derived for general N, no numerical confirmation is provided for N≥4. Given that the effective hopping J^(N) ∝ J^N/U^{N−1} (Eq. 7) becomes rapidly weaker with increasing N, it would strengthen the paper to verify that the predicted point-gap topology and NHSE remain observable for at least N=4, or to discuss quantitatively the parameter regime (system size, U/J ratio) where the Nth-order perturbation remains valid and the bound-state clusters remain resolved.
  2. The effective non-reciprocity κ^(N)_β (Eq. 11) is derived under a decoupled-chain perturbation treating J^(N)_0 and J^(N)_1 as small compared to C^(N)_z. The validity condition for this second perturbative step is not stated as explicitly as for the first (bound-state projection). In Fig. 3(d), the phase diagram for κ_{c,d} shows a large unresolved central region, but the boundary of the decoupled-chain approximation is not marked. It would help to state the condition |T^(N)(k)/C^(N)_z| ≪ 1 (or its equivalent) and verify that the parameters used in Figs. 2–4 satisfy it.
minor comments (7)
  1. The term 'pseudofermions' (θ=π) is introduced without a brief clarification that these are hard-core bosons with fermionic exchange but no Pauli exclusion; a one-sentence definition would help readers unfamiliar with this convention.
  2. In Eq. (11), the quantity Y is defined as Y = 2J^(N)_0 J^(N)_1 / Z with Z given by a lengthy expression. Defining Y and Z on separate lines, or giving Y in terms of the original parameters, would improve readability.
  3. The signed spectral area S_± (Eq. 10) is described as providing 'a topological invariant for each band through its sign' but is later acknowledged as 'not a topological invariant' in Sec. SIII.B. The main text wording could be made consistent with the SM treatment.
  4. Figure 4(a) shows OBC eigenstates colored by dIPR_m but does not show the PBC spectral loops explicitly for the representative θ values, unlike Fig. 2(d). Adding PBC loop overlays or a separate panel would aid interpretation.
  5. The dynamical results in Fig. 5 are described only in the End Matter. A brief forward reference from the main text (e.g., in the Conclusion) would help readers connect the static topology and dynamical results.
  6. Reference [89] is cited as an arXiv preprint (arXiv:2603.17494). If published by the time of revision, the reference should be updated.
  7. In the Conclusion, the statement that 'the anyonic statistical phase acts as a gauge flux that can induce a chiral current' could benefit from a brief clarification that this is in the bosonic representation after the Jordan-Wigner transformation, not a static Peierls phase.

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No significant circularity found; derivation is self-contained from standard anyonic algebra through exact transformations and perturbation theory.

full rationale

The paper's derivation chain is self-contained and does not reduce to its own inputs. The starting point — anyonic commutation relations (Eq. 2) — is standard. The generalized Jordan-Wigner transformation (Eq. 5) is unitary and exact, mapping to a bosonic model with density-dependent phases without assuming the target result. The projected effective Hamiltonian (Eq. 6) is derived via Nth-order quasi-degenerate perturbation theory in J/U, a standard technique; the statistical phase Φ_N = N(N-1)θ/2 (Eq. 7) emerges as a kinematic consequence of accumulating anyonic exchange phases during bound-state hopping, not as a fitted parameter. The Bloch Hamiltonian (Eq. 8) then shows the momentum mismatch between h_0(k) ∝ cos(k−Φ_N) and ΔE(k) ∝ f(cos k), which, combined with the imaginary h_z from sublattice-dependent dissipation, opens a point gap. The signed spectral area S_± (Eq. 10) and effective non-reciprocity κ (Eq. 11) are derived analytically from the effective Hamiltonian, not fitted to numerical data. The numerical results (Figs. 2–5) serve as independent verification of the analytical predictions. Self-citations to prior work [88, 89] (co-authored by Li) are contextual — establishing that prior work only tuned pre-existing topology — and are not load-bearing for the present derivation. The Supplemental Material [90] contains the detailed derivations, which are internally consistent with the main text. No step in the chain reduces by construction to its own inputs.

Assumptions & free parameters 4 free parameters · 3 assumptions · 1 invented entities

The paper introduces no new physical entities and relies on standard anyonic commutation relations and perturbation theory. The main model-specific assumption is the resolved-regime condition (large U, sufficient γ), which is acknowledged as a limitation. All parameters are model inputs, not fitted constants.

free parameters (4)
  • θ (anyonic statistical phase) = varied continuously; π/2 in main examples
    Physical parameter of the anyon model, not fitted to data but treated as a tunable control variable.
  • U (Hubbard interaction) = 100 (Fig. 2-3), 66 (Fig. 4), 50 (Fig. 5i)
    Chosen large to ensure bound-state regime; not fitted but a model parameter.
  • γ (dissipation) = 2 (Fig. 2-3), 0.26 (Fig. 4), 0.22 (Fig. 5i)
    Chosen to ensure cluster separation; not fitted.
  • J, J0, J1 (hopping amplitudes) = J=1, J0=J1=3
    Model parameters, not fitted.
assumptions (3)
  • domain assumption Abelian anyonic commutation relations in 1D (Eq. 2) with chain-resolved Jordan-Wigner strings
    Standard in 1D anyon literature; the specific chain-resolved convention is implemented and detailed in SM §I.A.
  • domain assumption Quasi-degenerate perturbation theory is valid for Nth-order hopping processes when U is the largest energy scale
    Standard perturbation theory; invoked in SM §I.B to derive the effective Hamiltonian Eq. (6).
  • ad hoc to paper Bound-state clusters are well-separated from the continuum and from each other in imaginary energy
    Required for the dIPR and κ to be well-defined; breakdown acknowledged in SM §II and Fig. S2.
invented entities (1)
  • None independent evidence
    purpose: No new particles, forces, or entities are postulated.
    The model uses standard anyonic operators, Hubbard interaction, and non-Hermitian dissipation. No invented entities.

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We show that anyonic exchange statistics can activate non-Hermitian point-gap topology in models that are topologically trivial in its absence. The emergent topology oscillates more rapidly with the statistical phase as the anyon number increases, and exhibits a parity dependence on the particle number. A perturbative analysis reveals the mechanism: fractional statistics induces a mismatch between momentum terms that, combined with sublattice-dependent dissipation, produces particle-number-dependent non-reciprocity and complex spectral winding. As these effects rely on the formation and exchange of interaction-bound anyons, our results establish exchange statistics as a resource for enabling non-Hermitian topology under programmed dissipation.

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