Nonautonomous Hamiltonians

We present a theory of resonances for a class of nonautonomous Hamiltonians to treat the structural instability of spatially localized and time-periodic solutions associated with an unperturbed autonomous Hamiltonian. The mechanism of instability is radiative decay, due to resonant coupling of the discrete modes to the continuum modes by the time-dependent perturbation. This results in a slow transfer of energy from the discrete modes to the continuum. The rate of decay of solutions is slow and hence the decaying bound states can be viewed as metastable. The ideas are closely related to the authors' work on (i) a time-dependent approach to the instability of eigenvalues embedded in the continuous spectra, and (ii) resonances, radiation damping, and instability in Hamiltonian nonlinear wave equations. The theory is applied to a general class of Schrödinger equations. The phenomenon of ionization may be viewed as a resonance problem of the type we consider and we apply our theory to find the rate of ionization, spectral line shift, and local decay estimates for such Hamiltonians.     

On the averaged quantum dynamics by white-noise hamiltonians with and without dissipation

Exact results are derived on the averaged dynamics of a class of random quantum-dynamical systems in continuous space. Each member of the class is characterized by a Hamiltonian which is the sum of two parts. While one part is deterministic, time-independent and quadratic, the Weyl-Wigner symbol of the other part is a homogeneous Gaussian random field which is delta correlated in time, but smoothly correlated in position and momentum. The averaged dynamics of the resulting white-noise system is shown to be a monotone mixing increasing quantum-dynamical semigroup. Its generator is computed explicitly. Typically, in the course of time the mean energy of such a system grows linearly to infinity. In the second part of the paper an extended model is studied, which, in addition, accounts for dissipation by coupling the white-noise system linearly to a quantum-mechanical harmonic heat bath. It is demonstrated that, under suitable assumptions on the spectral density of the heat bath, the mean energy then saturates for long times.     

Finite-Dimensional PT-Symmetric Hamiltonians

This paper investigates finite-dimensional PT-symmetric Hamiltonians. It is shown here that there are two ways to extend real symmetric Hamiltonians into the complex domain: (i) The usual approach is to generalize such Hamiltonians to include complex Hermitian Hamiltonians. (ii) Alternatively, one can generalize real symmetric Hamiltonians to include complex PT-symmetric Hamiltonians. In the first approach the spectrum remains real, while in the second approach the spectrum remains real if the PT symmetry is not broken. Both generalizations give a consistent theory of quantum mechanics, but if D>2, a D-dimensional Hermitian matrix Hamiltonian has more arbitrary parameters than a D-dimensional PT-symmetric matrix Hamiltonian.     

Fermion Coherence Hamiltonians

We have established that the most general form of Hamiltonian that preserves fermionic coherent states stable in time, is that of the nonstationary free fermionic oscillator. This is to be compared with the earlier result of boson coherence Hamiltonian, which is of the more general form of the nonstationary forced bosonic oscillator. If however one admits Grassmann variables as Hamiltonian parameters then the coherence Hamiltonian takes again the form of (Grassmannian fermionic) forced oscillator.     

Flow-equations for Hamiltonians

Flow-equations are introduced in order to bring Hamiltonians closer to diagonalization. It is characteristic for these equations that matrix-elements between degenerate or almost degenerate states do not decay or decay very slowly. In order to understand different types of physical systems in this framework it is probably necessary to classify various types of these degeneracies and to investigate the corresponding physical behavior. In general these equations generate many-particle interactions. However, for an n-orbital model the equations for the two-particle interaction are closed in the limit of large n. Solutions of these equations for a one-dimensional model are considered. There appear convergency problems, which are removed, if instead of diagonalization only a block-diagonalization into blocks with the same number of quasiparticles is performed.     

Solving Quantum—Nonautonomous System with Non—Hermitian Hanmiltonians by Algebraic Method

A convenient method to exactly solve the quantum-nonautonomous systems with non-Hermitian Hamiltonians is proposed.It is shown that a nonadiabatic complete biorthonormal set can be easily obtained by the gauge transformation method in which the algebraic structure of systems has been used.The nonuitary evolution operator is also found by choosing a special gauge function.All auxiliry parameters introduced in the present approach are only determined by some algebraic equations.The dynamics of two quantum-nonautonomous systems ruled by non-Hermitian Hamiltonians,including a two-photon ionization process involving two-state only and a mesoscopic RLC circuit with a source,are treated as the demonstration of our general approach.     

Hamiltonians allowing wave equations

A general criterion of when a Hamiltonian system has a wave equation is set up, and all such Hamiltonian systems (and hence all wave equations) are found. It is shown that the correspondence is one-to-one.     

Quantization of Alternative Hamiltonians

We investigate quantum mechanical implications of canonically inequivalent Hamilton formulations of the Newtonian dynamics. Generated alternative quantizations, being noncanonical, are consistent with the same equations of motion, i.e., they satisfy E.Wigner's principle of quantization. As illustration we consider a noncanonical one-dimensional harmonic oscillator.     

Cryptohermitian Hamiltonians on Graphs

A family of nonhermitian quantum graphs is proposed and studied via their discretization.     

CPT-Frames for Non-Hermitian Hamiltonians

Based on the PT-symmetric quantum theory, the concepts of PT-frame, PT-symmetric operator and CPT-frame on a Hilbert space K and for an operator on K are proposed. It is proved that the spectrum and point spectrum of a PT-symmetric linear operator are both symmetric with respect to the real axis and the eigenvalues of an unbroken PT-symmetric operator are real. For a linear operator H on C^d, it is proved that H has unbroken PT- symmetry if and only if it has d different eigenvalues and the corresponding eigenstates are eigenstates of PT. Given a CPT-frame on K, a new positive inner product on K is induced and called CPT-inner product. Te relationship between the CPT-adjoint and the Dirac adjoint of a densely defined linear operator is derived, and it is proved that an operator which has a bounded CPT-frame is CPT-Hermitian if and only if it is T-symmetric, in that case, it is similar to a Hermitian operator. The existence of an operator C consisting of a CPT-frame is discussed. These concepts and results will serve a mathematical discussion about PT-symmetric quantum mechanics.     

CPT-Frames for Non-Hermitian Hamiltonians

Based on the P T-symmetric quantum theory,the concepts of P T-frame,P T-symmetric operator and CPT-frame on a Hilbert space K and for an operator on K are proposed.It is proved that the spectrum and point spectrum of a P T-symmetric linear operator are both symmetric with respect to the real axis and the eigenvalues of an unbroken P T-symmetric operator are real.For a linear operator H on Cd,it is proved that H has unbroken P Tsymmetry if and only if it has d diferent eigenvalues and the corresponding eigenstates are eigenstates of P T.Given a C P T-frame on K,a new positive inner product on K is induced and called C P T-inner product.Te relationship between the CP T-adjoint and the Dirac adjoint of a densely defined linear operator is derived,and it is proved that an operator which has a bounded CP T-frame is CP T-Hermitian if and only if it is T-symmetric,in that case,it is similar to a Hermitian operator.The existence of an operator C consisting of a CP T-frame is discussed.These concepts and results will serve a mathematical discussion about P T-symmetric quantum mechanics.     

Oscillator-Like Hamiltonians and Squeezing

Generalizing a recent proposal leading to one-parameter families of Hamiltoniansand to new sets of squeezed states, we construct larger classes of physicallyadmissible Hamiltonians permitting new developments in squeezing. We alsodiscuss coherence.     

Stability of Frustration-Free Hamiltonians

We prove stability of the spectral gap for gapped, frustration-free Hamiltonians under general, quasi-local perturbations. We present a necessary and sufficient condition for stability, which we call Local Topological Quantum Order and show that this condition implies an area law for the entanglement entropy of the groundstate subspace. This result extends previous work by Bravyi et al. on the stability of topological quantum order for Hamiltonians composed of commuting projections with a common zero-energy subspace. We conclude with a list of open problems relevant to spectral gaps and topological quantum order.     

Deriving Energy-Gap of Some Nonlinear Hamiltonians by Invariant Eigen-operator Method

By virtue of the invariant eigen-operator method we search for the invariant eigen-operators for some Hamiltonians describing nonlinear processes in particle physics. In this way the energy-gap of the Hamiltonians can be naturally obtained. The characteristic polynomial theory has been fully employed in our derivation.     

Evolution of Orbits and Quantum Correlation Functions by Quadratic Hamiltonians

Quantum systems with quadratic Hamiltonians are considered. Some results about the time evolution of homogeneous polynomials and of quantum correlation functions are given. The image of arbitrary orbit of Weyl–Heisenberg group under this time evolution is shown to be again an orbit of this group. For quantum free particle it is shown that its time evolution intersects arbitrary such orbit at most once. A result about existence of more orbits having the same dispersion of some quantum position is presented.PACS: 02.20.Qs, 02.30.Sa     

Deriving Energy-Gap of Some Nonlinear Hamiltonians by Invariant Eigen-operator Method

By virtue of the invariant eigen-operator method we search for the invariant eigen-operators for some Hamiltonians describing nonlinear processes in particle physics. In this way the energy-gap of the Hamiltonians can be naturally obtained. The characteristic polynomial theory has been fully employed in our derivation.     

Path Integrals for Pseudo-Hermitian Hamiltonians

Inner products in pseudo-Hermitian quantum theories depend on the details of the Hamiltonians themselves, which makes them difficult to calculate. We shall see that, for some questions, the functional integrals for such theories can be calculated without needing to determine the inner product metric. The reason is that their derivation is based on the Heisenberg equations of motion and the canonical commutation relations, which are unchanged. In particular, this can greatly simplify the derivation of Hermitian theories that are equivalent to these pseudo-Hermitian systems.