Formalism of a harmonic oscillator in the future-included complex action 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 , in which a mass and an angular frequency are taken to be complex numbers. In order for the model to be sensible some restrictions on and are required. We draw a phase diagram in the plane of the arguments of and , 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 and , and coherent states. They are normalized in a modified inner product , with respect to which the Hamiltonian 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 -Hermitian, i.e. Hermitian with respect to the modified inner product . 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