Bose–Einstein-like condensation of deformed random matrix: a replica approach

Abstract

Abstract In this work, we investigate a symmetric deformed random matrix, which is obtained by perturbing the diagonal elements of the Wigner matrix. The eigenvector x m i n of the minimal eigenvalue λ m i n of the deformed random matrix tends to condensate at a single site. In certain types of perturbations and in the limit of the large components, this condensation becomes a sharp phase transition, the mechanism of which can be identified with the Bose–Einstein condensation in a mathematical level. We study this Bose–Einstein like condensation phenomenon by means of the replica method. We first derive a formula to calculate the minimal eigenvalue and the statistical properties of x m i n . Then, we apply the formula for two solvable cases: when the distribution of the perturbation has the double peak, and when it has a continuous distribution. For the double peak, we find that at the transition point, the participation ratio changes discontinuously from a finite value to zero. On the contrary, in the case of a continuous distribution, the participation ratio goes to zero either continuously or discontinuously, depending on the distribution.