Functional renormalization group for non-Hermitian and $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric systems

We generalize the vertex expansion approach of the functional renormalization group to non-Hermitian systems. As certain anomalous expectation values might not vanish, additional terms as compared to the Hermitian case can appear in the flow equations. We investigate the merits and shortcomings o...

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Main Author: Lukas Grunwald, Volker Meden, Dante M. Kennes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SciPost 2022-05-01
Series:SciPost Physics
Online Access:https://scipost.org/SciPostPhys.12.5.179
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Summary:We generalize the vertex expansion approach of the functional renormalization group to non-Hermitian systems. As certain anomalous expectation values might not vanish, additional terms as compared to the Hermitian case can appear in the flow equations. We investigate the merits and shortcomings of the vertex expansion for non-Hermitian systems by considering an exactly solvable $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric non-linear toy-model and reveal, that in this model, the fidelity of the vertex expansion in a perturbatively motivated truncation schema is comparable with that of the Hermitian case. The vertex expansion appears to be a viable method for studying correlation effects in non-Hermitian systems.
ISSN:2542-4653