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Spherical-separablility of non-Hermitian Dirac Hamiltonians and pseudo-PT-symmetry

Quantum Physics 2009-11-13 v2

Abstract

A non-Hermitian Pϕ_{\phi}Tϕ_{\phi}-symmetrized spherically-separable Dirac Hamiltonian is considered. It is observed that the descendant Hamiltonians Hr_{r}, Hθ_{\theta}, and Hϕ_{\phi} play essential roles and offer some user-feriendly options as to which one (or ones) of them is (or are) non-Hermitian. Considering a Pϕ_{\phi}Tϕ_{\phi}-symmetrized Hϕ_{\phi}, we have shown that the conventional relativistic energy eigenvalues are recoverable. We have also witnessed an unavoidable change in the azimuthal part of the general wavefunction. Moreover, setting a possible interaction V(θ)V(\theta)=0 in the descendant Hamiltonian Hθ_{\theta} would manifest a change in the angular θ\theta-dependent part of the general solution too. Whilst some Pϕ_{\phi}Tϕ_{\phi}-symmetrized Hϕ_{\phi} Hamiltonians are considered, a recipe to keep the regular magnetic quantum number m, as defined in the regular traditional Hermitian settings, is suggested. Hamiltonians possess properties similar to the PT-symmetric ones (here the non-Hermitian

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@article{arxiv.0711.3887,
  title  = {Spherical-separablility of non-Hermitian Dirac Hamiltonians and pseudo-PT-symmetry},
  author = {Omar Mustafa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0711.3887},
  year   = {2009}
}

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This paper has been withdrawn for its now combined with 0710.5814 to form 0801.3572