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Singular Eigenfunctions of Calogero-Sutherland Type Systems and How to Transform Them into Regular Ones

Mathematical Physics 2008-04-24 v1 math.MP Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems

Abstract

There exists a large class of quantum many-body systems of Calogero-Sutherland type where all particles can have different masses and coupling constants and which nevertheless are such that one can construct a complete (in a certain sense) set of exact eigenfunctions and corresponding eigenvalues, explicitly. Of course there is a catch to this result: if one insists on these eigenfunctions to be square integrable then the corresponding Hamiltonian is necessarily non-hermitean (and thus provides an example of an exactly solvable PT-symmetric quantum-many body system), and if one insists on the Hamiltonian to be hermitean then the eigenfunctions are singular and thus not acceptable as quantum mechanical eigenfunctions. The standard Calogero-Sutherland Hamiltonian is special due to the existence of an integral operator which allows to transform these singular eigenfunctions into regular ones.

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@article{arxiv.math-ph/0702089,
  title  = {Singular Eigenfunctions of Calogero-Sutherland Type Systems and How to Transform Them into Regular Ones},
  author = {Edwin Langmann},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math-ph/0702089},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

This is a contribution to the Vadim Kuznetsov Memorial Issue on Integrable Systems and Related Topics, published in SIGMA (Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications) at http://www.emis.de/journals/SIGMA/

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