2006/03/23 by Joshua Feinberg · 25 citations
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published in Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General 39(32), 10029-10056 (Institute of Physics) · latex, 36 pages, 12 figures This is an expanded version of an invited talk at the 4th International Workshop on Pseudo-Hermitean Operators in Quantum Physics, Stellenbosch, South Africa, November 2005
arxiv created 2006/03/23 · openalex publication_date 2006/07/26 · arxiv updated 2014/11/17 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
I review aspects of work done in collaboration with A. Zee and R. Scalettar \citefz1,fz2,fsz on complex non-hermitean random matrices. I open by explaining why the bag of tools used regularly in analyzing hermitean random matrices cannot be applied directly to analyze non-hermitean matrices, and then introduce the Method of Hermitization, which solves this problem. Then, for rotationally invariant ensembles, I derive a master equation for the average density of eigenvalues in the complex plane, in the limit of infinitely large matrices. This is achieved by resumming all the planar diagrams which appear in the perturbative expansion of the hermitized Green function. Remarkably, this resummation can be carried \em explicitly for any rotationally invariant ensemble. I prove that in the limit of infinitely large matrices, the shape of the eigenvalue distribution is either a disk or an annulus. This is the celebrated ``Single-Ring'' Theorem. Which of these shapes is realized is determined by the parameters (coupling constants) which determine the ensemble. By varying these parameters a phase transition may occur between the two possible shapes. I briefly discuss the universal features of this transition. As the analysis of this problem relies heavily on summation of planar Feynman diagrams, I take special effort at presenting a pedagogical exposition of the diagrammatic method, which some readers may find useful.