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Spectroscopic structure of Non-Hermitian $\mathcal{PT}$-Symmetric Klein--Gordon Fields in a Magnetized Cosmic String Spacetime

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2026-07-09 v1

Abstract

We investigate non-Hermitian PT\mathcal{PT}-symmetric Klein--Gordon (KG) fields in a magnetized cosmic string spacetime. A complex non-minimal scalar interaction, Fμ=(0,Fr,0,0)\mathcal{F}_{\mu}=(0,\mathcal{F}_{r},0,0) with Fr=ωr+ibC\mathcal{F}_{r}=\omega r+ib\in\mathbb{C}, indulged with a magnetic charge q=ieq=ie, is shown to introduce an effective PT\mathcal{PT}-symmetric Klein--Gordon oscillator supplemented by complex Coulombic and linear interactions. The resulting radial equation is shown to be conditionally exactly solvable using a biconfluent Heun series-to-polynomial approach. To observe non-Hermitian PT\mathcal{PT} symmetrization, we compare with the Hermitian counterpart by mapping e=ie~qRe=-i\tilde e \Rightarrow q\in \mathbb R and b=ib~FrRb=-i\tilde b \Rightarrow \mathcal F_r\in \mathbb R. In the limiting case ω=0\omega=0, the system is shown to reduce to an exactly solvable non-Hermitian PT\mathcal{PT} symmetric Coulomb-type KG equation using confluent hypergeometric series/polynomials. Hereby, for both PT\mathcal{PT} symmetric models considered, we show that non-Hermitian PT\mathcal{PT} symmetrization introduces an upper limit for the allowed energies, unlike the corresponding Hermitian cases. These results provide an analytically tractable framework for exploring non-Hermitian relativistic quantum fields in curved spacetimes and demonstrate the role of PT\mathcal{PT}-symmetry in regulating the allowed spectrum.

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@article{arxiv.2607.08148,
  title  = {Spectroscopic structure of Non-Hermitian $\mathcal{PT}$-Symmetric Klein--Gordon Fields in a Magnetized Cosmic String Spacetime},
  author = {Omar Mustafa and Abdullah Guvendi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.08148},
  year   = {2026}
}

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