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 but also the Heisenberg-equation generators are phenomenologically irrelevant, with spectra which are, in general, complex. Only the sum 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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22 pp., 1 figure