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Level Crossings in a PT-symmetric Double Well

Mathematical Physics 2016-02-17 v1 math.MP Quantum Physics

Abstract

We consider a \textit{PT}-symmetric cubic oscillator with an imaginary double well. We prove the existence of an infinite number of level crossings with a definite selection rule. Decreasing the positive parameter \hbar from large values, at a value n\hbar_n we find the crossing of the pair of levels (E2n+1(),E2n())(E_{2n+1}(\hbar),E_{2n}(\hbar)) becoming the pair of levels (En+(),En())(E_n^+(\hbar),E_n^-(\hbar)). For large parameters, a level is a holomorphic function Em()E_m(\hbar) with different semiclassical behaviors, Ej±(),E_j^\pm(\hbar), along different paths. The corresponding mm-nodes delocalized state ψm()\psi_m(\hbar) behaves along the same paths as the semiclassical jj-nodes states ψj±(),\psi_j^\pm(\hbar), localized at one of the wells x±x_\pm respectively. In particular, if the crossing parameter n\hbar_n is by-passed from above, the levels E2n+(1/2)±(1/2)()E_{2n+(1/2)\pm(1/2)}(\hbar) have respectively the semiclassical behaviors of the levels En()E_n^\mp(\hbar) along the real axis. These results are obtained by the control of the nodes. There is evidence that the parameters n\hbar_n accumulate at zero and the accumulation point of the corresponding energies is aninstability point of a subset of the Stokes complex called the monochord, consisting of the vibrating string and the sound board.

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@article{arxiv.1506.01637,
  title  = {Level Crossings in a PT-symmetric Double Well},
  author = {Riccardo Giachetti and Vincenzo Grecchi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1506.01637},
  year   = {2016}
}

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38 pages, 10 fugures