Eigenvector Correlations Across the Localisation Transition in non-Hermitian Power-Law Banded Random Matrices

Soumi Ghosh, Manas Kulkarni, Sthitadhi Roy

Published 2023-04-19Version 1

Eigenvector correlations are a central ingredient in the understanding of the dynamics of quantum many-body systems. In this work, we study such correlations across a localisation transition in non-Hermitian quantum systems. As a concrete setting, we consider non-Hermitian power-law banded random matrices which have emerged as a promising platform for studying localisation in disordered, non-Hermitian systems. We show that eigenvector correlations show marked differences between the delocalised and localised phases. In the delocalised phase, the eigenvectors are strongly correlated as evinced by divergent correlations in the limit of vanishingly small complex eigenvalue spacings. On the contrary, in the localised phase, the correlations are independent of the eigenvalue spacings. We explain our results in the delocalised phase by appealing to the Ginibre random matrix ensemble. On the other hand, in the localised phase, an analytical treatment sheds light on the suppressed correlations, relative to the delocalised phase. Given that eigenvector correlations are fundamental ingredients towards understanding real- and imaginary-time dynamics with non-Hermitian generators, our results open a new avenue for characterising dynamical phases in non-Hermitian quantum many-body systems.