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Non-stationary non-Hermitian "wrong-sign'' quantum oscillators and their meaningful physical interpretation

Quantum Physics 2025-11-27 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

Quantum mechanics of closed, unitary quantum systems can be formulated in non-Hermitian interaction picture (NIP) in which both the states and the observables vary with time. Then, in general, not only the Schr\"{o}dinger-equation generators G(t)G(t) but also the Heisenberg-equation generators Σ(t)\Sigma(t) are phenomenologically irrelevant, with spectra which are, in general, complex. Only the sum H(t)=G(t)+Σ(t)H(t)=G(t)+\Sigma(t) retains the standard physical meaning of instantaneous energy. For illustration, the ``wrong-sign'' quartic oscillators are recalled and reconsidered.

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@article{arxiv.2304.07103,
  title  = {Non-stationary non-Hermitian "wrong-sign'' quantum oscillators and their meaningful physical interpretation},
  author = {Miloslav Znojil},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2304.07103},
  year   = {2025}
}

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