Non-Hermitian Hamiltonians with a Real Spectrum and Their Physical Applications
Quantum Physics
2015-05-14 v1
Abstract
We present an evaluation of some recent attempts at understanding the role of pseudo-Hermitian and PT-symmetric Hamiltonians in modeling unitary quantum systems and elaborate on a particular physical phenomenon whose discovery originated in the study of complex scattering potentials.
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@article{arxiv.0909.1654,
title = {Non-Hermitian Hamiltonians with a Real Spectrum and Their Physical Applications},
author = {Ali Mostafazadeh},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0909.1654},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
9 pages, contributed to Homi Bhabha Centenary Conference on Non-Hermitian Hamiltonians in Quantum Physics (8th International Workshop on Pseudo-Hermitian Hamiltonians in Quantum Physics), held in Mumbai, January 13-16, 2009