Hybrid scaling mechanism of critical behavior in the overlapping critical regions of classical and quantum Yang-Lee edge singularities
Yuemei Sun, Wenjing Yu, Xinyu Wang +1 more
Abstract Recently, scaling behavior in Yang-Lee edge singularities (YLES) has attracted sustained attention. However, the scaling mechanism in the overlapping critical region between classical and quantum YLES remains unclear. In this work, we apply established renormalization group (RG) crossover theory to non-Hermitian YLES system. We demonstrate that, in the overlapping critical region between classical and quantum YLES, the scaling behavior can be described by a hybrid scaling mechanism, which asserts that scaling functions from both critical regimes apply simultaneously and satisfy a constraint relation. The transverse Ising chain in an imaginary longitudinal field is employed as a model to test this hybrid scaling mechanism. This model exhibits zero-dimensional (0D) and one-dimensional (1D) quantum YLES phase transitions at zero temperature, as well as 0D and 1D classical YLES phase transitions at finite temperature. We systematically investigate the scaling functions in the critical regions of 0D and 1D quantum YLES and those of 0D and 1D classical YLES. Furthermore, the hybrid scaling mechanisms in the overlapping critical regions, particularly between classical and quantum YLES, are thoroughly examined. Our results provide a concrete realization of quantum-to-classical crossover in a non-Hermitian YLES system and establish a hybrid scaling framework that captures critical behavior in overlapping regions between classical and quantum phase transitions. This framework enables the extraction of quantum critical information from finite-temperature classical measurements, thereby bridging the two paradigms and offering a pathway to probe quantum criticality experimentally.
arXiv:2506.00919•Chinese Physics B•Apr 20, 2026•0 citations