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$PT$ symmetric non-selfadjoint operators, diagonalizable and non-diagonalizable, with real discrete spectrum

Mathematical Physics 2009-11-13 v1 math.MP

Abstract

Consider in L2(Rd)L^2(R^d), d1d\geq 1, the operator family H(g):=H0+igWH(g):=H_0+igW. \dsH0=a1a1+...+adad+d/2\ds H_0= a^\ast_1a_1+... +a^\ast_da_d+d/2 is the quantum harmonic oscillator with rational frequencies, WW a PP symmetric bounded potential, and gg a real coupling constant. We show that if g<ρ|g|<\rho, ρ\rho being an explicitly determined constant, the spectrum of H(g)H(g) is real and discrete. Moreover we show that the operator \dsH(g)=a1a1+a2a2+iga2a1\ds H(g)=a^\ast_1 a_1+a^\ast_2a_2+ig a^\ast_2a_1 has real discrete spectrum but is not diagonalizable.

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@article{arxiv.0705.4218,
  title  = {$PT$ symmetric non-selfadjoint operators, diagonalizable and non-diagonalizable, with real discrete spectrum},
  author = {E. Caliceti and S. Graffi and J. Sjoestrand},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0705.4218},
  year   = {2009}
}

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