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Non-Hermitian von Roos Hamiltonian's $\eta$-weak-pseudo-Hermiticity, isospectrality and exact solvability

Quantum Physics 2009-11-13 v2

Abstract

A complexified von Roos Hamiltonian is considered and a Hermitian first-order intertwining differential operator is used to obtain the related position dependent mass η\eta-weak-pseudo-Hermitian Hamiltonians. Using a Liouvillean-type change of variables, the η\eta-weak-pseudo-Hermitian von Roos Hamiltonians H(x) are mapped into the traditional Schrodinger Hamiltonian form H(q), where exact isospectral correspondence between H(x) and H(q) is obtained. Under a user-friendly position dependent mass settings, it is observed that for each exactly-solvable η\eta-weak-pseudo-Hermitian reference-Hamiltonian H(q)there is a set of exactly-solvable η\eta-weak-pseudo-Hermitian isospectral target-Hamiltonians H(x). A non-Hermitian PT-symmetric Scarf II and a non-Hermitian periodic-type PT-symmetric Samsonov-Roy potentials are used as reference models and the corresponding η\eta-weak-pseudo-Hermitian isospectral target-Hamiltonians are obtained.

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@article{arxiv.0707.3738,
  title  = {Non-Hermitian von Roos Hamiltonian's $\eta$-weak-pseudo-Hermiticity, isospectrality and exact solvability},
  author = {Omar Mustafa and S. Habib Mazharimousavi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0707.3738},
  year   = {2009}
}

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