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Quantum star-graph analogues of PT-symmetric square wells

Quantum Physics 2013-01-15 v3

Abstract

We pick up a solvable PT{\cal PT}-symmetric quantum square well on an interval of x:=(L,L)G(2)x \in := (-L,L)\mathbb{G}^{(2)} (with an α\alpha-dependent non-Hermiticity given by Robin boundary conditions) and generalize it. In essence, we just replace the support interval G(2)\mathbb{G}^{(2)} (reinterpreted as an equilateral two-pointed star graph with the Kirchhoff matching at the vertex x=0x=0) by a qq-pointed equilateral star graph G(q)\mathbb{G}^{(q)} endowed with the simplest complex-rotation-symmetric external α\alpha-dependent Robin boundary conditions. The remarkably compact form of the secular determinant is then deduced. Its analysis reveals that (1) at any integer q=2,3,...q=2,3,..., there exists the same, qq-independent and infinite subfamily of the real energies, and (2) at any special q=2,6,10,...q=2,6,10,..., there exists another, additional and qq-dependent infinite subfamily of the real energies. In the spirit of the recently proposed dynamical construction of the Hilbert space of a quantum system, the physical bound-state interpretation of these eigenvalues is finally proposed.

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@article{arxiv.1205.5211,
  title  = {Quantum star-graph analogues of PT-symmetric square wells},
  author = {Miloslav Znojil},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1205.5211},
  year   = {2013}
}

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20 pp, 1 figure