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Scattering off PT-symmetric upside-down potentials

Quantum Physics 2018-11-21 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

The upside-down x4-x^4, x6-x^6, and x8-x^8 potentials with appropriate PT-symmetric boundary conditions have real, positive, and discrete quantum-mechanical spectra. This paper proposes a straightforward macroscopic quantum-mechanical scattering experiment in which one can observe and measure these bound-state energies directly.

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@article{arxiv.1607.06950,
  title  = {Scattering off PT-symmetric upside-down potentials},
  author = {Carl M. Bender and Mariagiovanna Gianfreda},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1607.06950},
  year   = {2018}
}

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5 pages, 13 figures

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