The eigenvector bead process

doi:10.1088/1751-8121/ae5560

The eigenvector bead process

2026-05-01

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DOI：10.1088/1751-8121/ae5560

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We investigate the overlap matrix between the eigenvectors of a Wigner matrix HN+K of size (N+K)& times;(N+K) and those of its principal minor HN of size N & times; N, for both the real symmetric (beta = 1) and complex Hermitian (beta = 2) ensembles, in the regime where N ->infinity while K remains fixed. Our analysis yields two main results. (i) In the bulk of the spectrum, an eigenvector of HN+K associated with an eigenvalue at energy level E projects primarily onto eigenvectors of HN located at the same local spectral level. This phenomenon, which we call local projection, highlights a robust stability of the eigenbasis under matrix growth. (ii) At the spectral edge, the change of basis between the leading eigenspaces of consecutive minors is asymptotically governed by a random antisymmetric perturbation of order N-1/3. In both cases, we provide the asymptotic law of the overlaps expressed in terms of the Airy and Sine kernels. We further extend our analysis to the case of Wishart matrices, that is, sample covariance matrices of the form W=X inverted perpendicular X, where X is an element of RT & times;N is a matrix with i.i.d. random entries. We establish analogous results for the overlaps between eigenvectors of consecutive minors of W, both in the bulk and at the spectral edges (soft and hard). The limiting laws share the same universal structure as in the Wigner case, up to explicit constants depending on the aspect ratio q=N/T. This demonstrates the universality of the eigenvector overlap process across distinct random matrix ensembles.

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random matrices

eigenvector overlaps

spectral analysis

wigner ensemble

wishart ensemble

asymptotic universality

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