Fundamental length in quantum theories with PT-symmetric Hamiltonians
Abstract
The direct observability of coordinates x is often lost in PT-symmetric quantum theories. A manifestly non-local Hilbert-space metric enters the double-integral normalization of wave functions there. In the context of scattering, the (necessary) return to the asymptotically fully local metric has been shown feasible, for certain family of PT-symmetric toy Hamiltonians H at least, in paper I (M. Znojil, Phys. Rev. D 78 (2008) 025026). Now we show that in a confined-motion dynamical regime the same toy model proves also suitable for an explicit control of the measure or width of its non-locality. For this purpose each H is assigned here, constructively, the complete menu of its hermitizing metrics distinguished by their optional "fundamental lengths" . The local metric of paper I recurs at while the most popular CPT-symmetric hermitization proves long-ranged, with .
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@article{arxiv.0907.2677,
title = {Fundamental length in quantum theories with PT-symmetric Hamiltonians},
author = {Miloslav Znojil},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0907.2677},
year = {2009}
}
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31 pp, 3 figures