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Formalism of a harmonic oscillator in the future-included complex action theory

Quantum Physics 2019-06-19 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

In a special representation of complex action theory that we call ``future-included'', we study a harmonic oscillator model defined with a non-normal Hamiltonian H^\hat{H}, in which a mass mm and an angular frequency ω\omega are taken to be complex numbers. In order for the model to be sensible some restrictions on mm and ω\omega are required. We draw a phase diagram in the plane of the arguments of mm and ω\omega, according to which the model is classified into several types. In addition, we formulate two pairs of annihilation and creation operators, two series of eigenstates of the Hamiltonians H^\hat{H} and H^\hat{H}^\dag, and coherent states. They are normalized in a modified inner product IQI_Q, with respect to which the Hamiltonian H^\hat{H} becomes normal. Furthermore, applying to the model the maximization principle that we previously proposed, we obtain an effective theory described by a Hamiltonian that is QQ-Hermitian, i.e. Hermitian with respect to the modified inner product IQI_Q. The generic solution to the model is found to be the ``ground'' state. Finally we discuss what the solution implies.

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@article{arxiv.1902.01424,
  title  = {Formalism of a harmonic oscillator in the future-included complex action theory},
  author = {Keiichi Nagao and Holger Bech Nielsen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1902.01424},
  year   = {2019}
}

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Latex 42 pages, 3 figures, typos corrected, presentation improved, the final version to appear in Prog.Theor.Exp.Phys