Pseudo-Hermitian Hamiltonians: tale of two potentials |
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Authors: | H F Jones J Mateo |
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Institution: | (1) Physics Department, Imperial College, London, SW7, UK;(2) Departamento de Fisica Teorica, Facultad de Ciencias, E-47011 Valladolid, Spain |
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Abstract: | For the non-Hermitian, PT-symmetric potentials V = m
2
x
2 + gx
2(ix)ν with ν = 1 and 2, we construct the Q operator which gives both the positive-definite metric and an equivalent Hermitian Hamiltonian h. For the case ν = 1, where the theory may be defined on the real axis, h is reasonable but complicated. For the case ν = 2, where the theory must initially be defined on a contour in the complex
x plane, we first introduce a real parametrization of the contour, and then calculate Q and h as an expansion in an angle θ. Theresultant h has less desirable properties. However, Q is not uniquely determined, and it may be possible to exploit this ambiguity to produce a more acceptable equivalent Hamiltonian.
Presented at the 3rd International Workshop “Pseudo-Hermitian Hamiltonians in Quantum Physics”, Istanbul, Turkey, June 20–22,
2005. |
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Keywords: | pseudo-Hermicity PT symmetry Darboux transformations |
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