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Cryptohermitian Hamiltonians on graphs. II. Hermitizations

Quantum Physics 2012-01-16 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

Non-hermitian quantum graphs possessing real (i.e., in principle, observable) spectra are studied via their discretization. The discretized Hamiltonians are assigned, constructively, an elementary pseudometric and/or a more complicated metric. Both these constructions make the Hamiltonian Hermitian, respectively, in an auxiliary (Krein or Pontryagin) vector space or in a less friendly (but more useful) Hilbert space of quantum mechanics.

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@article{arxiv.1101.1015,
  title  = {Cryptohermitian Hamiltonians on graphs. II. Hermitizations},
  author = {Miloslav Znojil},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1101.1015},
  year   = {2012}
}

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25 pp., 2 figs

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