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Exactly solvable non-Hermitian Jaynes-Cummings-type Hamiltonian admitting entirely real spectra from supersymmetry

Quantum Physics 2009-11-11 v3 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

It is shown that for a given Hermitian Hamiltonian possessing supersymmetry, there is alwayas a non-hermitian Jaynes-Cummings-type Hamiltonian(JCTH) admitting entirely real spectra. The parent supersymmetric Hamiltonian and the corresponding non-hermitian JCTH are simultaneously diagonalizable. The exact eigenstates of these non-hermitian Hamiltonians are constructed algebraically for certain shape-invariant potentials, including a non-hermitian version of the standard Jaynes-Cummings model for which the parent supersymmetric Hamiltonian is the superoscillator. The positive-definite metric operator in the Hilbert space is constructed explicitly along with the introduction of a new inner product structure, so that the eigenstates form a complete set of orthonormal vectors and the time-evolution is unitary.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0501087,
  title  = {Exactly solvable non-Hermitian Jaynes-Cummings-type Hamiltonian admitting entirely real spectra from supersymmetry},
  author = {Pijush K. Ghosh},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0501087},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

10 pages (v1); 18 pages, expanded version with several new results (v2); minor cosmetic changes, to appear in J. Phys. A: Math. & Gen