SYK model with an extra diagonal perturbation: phase transition in the eigenvalue spectrum

Abstract

We study the SYK model with an extra constant source, \.i.e. a constant matrix or equivalently a diagonal matrix with only one non-zero entry $\lambda_1$. By using methods from analytic combinatorics, we find exact expressions for the moments of this model. We further prove that the spectrum of this model can have a gap when $\lambda_1>\lambda^c_1$, thus exhibiting a phase transition in $\lambda_1$. In this case, a single isolated eigenvalue splits off from SYK's eigenvalues distribution. We located this single eigenvalue by analyzing the singular behavior of a supercritical functional composition scheme. In certain limit our results recover the ones of random matrices with non-zero mean entries.