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20192026
most citedExact solution of a non-Hermitian -symmetric Heisenberg spin chain

19 citations · 92 across the 24 of their papers we have counts for

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26 papers

math-ph2026

Time-dependent integrable quantum field theories with dynamical boundaries

Pradip Kattel

We present a general method to construct and solve time-dependent integrable chiral quantum field theories on finite intervals from autonomous scattering and reflection data. Spati…

hep-th2026

Integrable Chiral Quantum Field Theories with Spacetime-Dependent Interactions

Pradip Kattel

We construct a class of integrable chiral fermionic quantum field theories with interactions that depend on both space and time. The construction starts from a unitary, regular, di…

hep-th2026

General Construction of Time-Dependent Integrable Chiral Field Theories

Pradip Kattel

We develop a general procedure for constructing time-dependent integrable chiral field theories from autonomous unitary difference-form -matrices satisfying the Yang-Baxter equa…

cond-mat.str-el2026

Breakdown of Monotonic Impurity Entropy Flow in -Symmetric Multichannel Kondo Systems

Pradip Kattel, Abay Zhakenov, Natan Andrei

We study a -symmetric non-Hermitian multichannel Kondo model consisting of a pair of spin- impurities coupled to conduction-electron channels through com…

cond-mat.str-el2026

Boundary phases and thermodynamics of the Kondo spin- chain: from overscreened Kondo to boundary-bound states

Abay Zhakenov, Pradip Kattel, Andreas Gleis +1

We study a spin- impurity coupled to the boundary of a strongly correlated spin- Takhtajan--Babujian chain, an integrable model whose low-energy physics is described by…

cond-mat.str-el2026

Exact Dynamics of Topological Order Across a CDW--SPT Transition

Pradip Kattel, Yicheng Tang, Natan Andrei

We investigate the nonequilibrium dynamics of a one-dimensional interacting system across a transition from a charge-density-wave (CDW) phase to a symmetry-protected topological (S…

quant-ph2026

Isospectrality and Operator Complexity

Pradip Kattel, Yicheng Tang, Natan Andrei

We study a pair of exactly solvable, isospectral fermion chains, one strongly interacting and one quadratic, that nevertheless display remarkably different phase structures and ope…

cond-mat.str-el2026

Monotonic and non-Nonmonotonic Impurity Entropy flows in a -Symmetric Kondo Model

Pradip Kattel, Abay Zhakenov, Natan Andrei

Quantum impurity models provide a paradigmatic setting for studying Kondo screening, boundary criticality, and impurity entropy. While these phenomena are well understood in unitar…

cond-mat.quant-gas2026

A mean-field description of strong-to-weak symmetry breaking in the monitored Bose-Hubbard model

Yicheng Tang, Pradip Kattel, J. H. Pixley

Strong-to-weak spontaneous symmetry breaking has emerged as a novel form of ordering in monitored and open quantum systems, yet its characterization has so far primarily relied on…

cond-mat.str-el2025

Multichannel Kondo Effect in Superconducting Leads

Pradip Kattel, Abay Zhakenov, Natan Andrei

The traditional multichannel Kondo effect takes place when several gapless metallic electronic channels interact with a localized spin- impurity, with the number of channels …

cond-mat.dis-nn2025

The measurement-induced phase transition in strongly disordered spin chains

Yicheng Tang, Pradip Kattel, Arijeet Pal +2

We investigate the dynamics of strongly disordered spin chains in the presence of random local measurements. By studying the transverse-field Ising model with a site-dependent rand…

cond-mat.str-el2025★ 1 cited

Thermodynamics in a split Hilbert space: Quantum impurity at the edge of the Heisenberg chain

Abay Zhakenov, Pradip Kattel, Natan Andrei

We study the isotropic spin- Heisenberg chain with a single edge-coupled impurity of arbitrary exchange strength . The model exhibits four impurity phases. For anti…

cond-mat.str-el2025★ 1 cited

Thermodynamics in a split Hilbert space: Quantum impurity at the edge of a one-dimensional superconductor

Pradip Kattel, Abay Zhakenov, Natan Andrei

We present a thermodynamic description of a single magnetic impurity at the edge of a superconducting wire. The impurity exhibits four phases $\unicode{x2014}$ Kondo, Yu-Shiba-Rusi…

cond-mat.str-el2025

What is the topological dual of the XXZ spin Chain?

Yicheng Tang, Pradip Kattel, Natan Andrei

We construct a dual symmetry-protected topological (SPT) Hamiltonian for the symmetric anisotropic spin- Heisenberg chain-a model that has traditionally been us…

hep-th2025

Competing color superconductivity and color Kondo effect in quark matter

Pradip Kattel, Abay Zhakenov, Natan Andrei

The competition between bulk color superconductivity and the localized screening of a heavy quark impurity, analogous to the Kondo effect, leads to a rich spectrum of phenomena in…

cond-mat.str-el2025★ 3 cited

Two Channel Kondo behavior in the quantum XX chain with a boundary defect

Yicheng Tang, Pradip Kattel, J. H. Pixley +1

We demonstrate that a boundary defect in the single spin- quantum chain exhibits two-channel Kondo physics. Due to the presence of the defect, the edge spin fract…

cond-mat.str-el2024

Kondo overscreening in the presence of superconductivity

Pradip Kattel, Abay Zhakenov, Natan Andrei

We consider a model describing a system where the superconductivity competes with the overscreened Kondo effect. The model consists of a single spin quantum impurity…

cond-mat.str-el2024★ 8 cited

Edge modes and boundary impurities in the anisotropic Heisenberg spin chain

Pradip Kattel, Parameshwar R. Pasnoori, J. H. Pixley +1

We present a comprehensive analysis of boundary phenomena in a spin- anisotropic Heisenberg chain (XXZ-) in the gapped antiferromagnetic phase, with a par…

cond-mat.str-el2024★ 8 cited

Quantum Zeno Effect in Noisy Integrable Quantum Circuits for Impurity Models

Yicheng Tang, Pradip Kattel, J. H. Pixley +1

We theoretically study the open quantum system dynamics (in the Trotterized limit) of integrable quantum circuits in the presence of onsite dephasing noise with a spin-$\frac{1}{2}…

cond-mat.str-el2024★ 3 cited

Edge Spin fractionalization in one-dimensional spin- quantum antiferromagnets

Pradip Kattel, Yicheng Tang, J. H. Pixley +1

We show that a gapped spin- chain with antiferromagnetic (AFM) order exhibits in the thermodynamic limit exponentially localized fractional edge modes when the…

cond-mat.str-el2024★ 8 cited

A spin chain with non-Hermitian symmetric boundary couplings: exact solution, dissipative Kondo effect, and phase transitions on the edge

Pradip Kattel, Parameshwar R. Pasnoori, J. H. Pixley +1

We construct an exactly solvable symmetric non-Hermitian model where a spin isotropic quantum Heisenberg spin chain is coupled to two spin$-\frac{1}{2}…

cond-mat.str-el2024★ 18 cited

Dissipation driven phase transition in the non-Hermitian Kondo model

Pradip Kattel, Abay Zhakenov, Parameshwar R. Pasnoori +2

Non-Hermitian Hamiltonians capture several aspects of open quantum systems, such as dissipation of energy and non-unitary evolution. An example is an optical lattice where the inel…

cond-mat.str-el2024★ 6 cited

The Kondo effect in the quantum spin chain

Pradip Kattel, Yicheng Tang, J. H. Pixley +1

We investigate the boundary phenomena that arise in a finite-size spin chain interacting through an interaction with a spin impurity located at its edge. Up…

cond-mat.str-el2023★ 17 cited

Kondo effect in the isotropic Heisenberg spin chain

Pradip Kattel, Parameshwar R. Pasnoori, J. H. Pixley +2

We investigate the boundary effects that arise when spin- impurities interact with the edges of the antiferromagnetic spin- Heisenberg chain through spin…