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We study the scattering problem for the non-Hermitian scattering center, which consists of two Hermitian clusters with anti-Hermitian couplings between them. Counterintuitively, it is shown that it acts as a Hermitian scattering center,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-02-21 L. Jin , Z. Song

Searching for non-Hermitian (parity-time)$\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric Hamiltonians \cite{bender} with real spectra has been acquiring much interest for fourteen years. In this article, we have introduced a $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetric non-Hermitian…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-06-13 Özlem Yeşiltaş

When sources of energy gain and loss are introduced to a wave-scattering system, the underlying mathematical formulation will be non-Hermitian. This paves the way for the existence of exceptional points, where eigenmodes are linearly…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-03-15 Habib Ammari , Bryn Davies , Erik Orvehed Hiltunen , Hyundae Lee , Sanghyeon Yu

The spectral and scattering theory is investigated for a generalization, to scattering metrics on two-dimensional compact manifolds with boundary, of the class of smooth potentials on the Euclidean plane which are homogeneous of degree zero…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Andrew Hassell , Richard B. Melrose , András Vasy

For a very large class of potentials, $V(\vec{x})$, $\vec{x}\in R^2$, we prove the universality of the low energy scattering amplitude, $f(\vec{k}', \vec{k})$. The result is $f=\sqrt{\frac{\pi}{2}}\{1/log k)+O(1/(log k)^2)$. The only…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 N. N. Khuri , Andre Martin , Pierre C. Sabatier , Tai Tsun Wu

Epsilon-near-zero and epsilon near-pole materials enable reflective systems supporting a class of symmetry-protected and accidental embedded eigenstates (EE) characterized by a diverging phase-resonance. Here we show that pairs of…

Optics · Physics 2021-02-16 Zarko Sakotic , Alex Krasnok , Andrea Alú , Nikolina Jankovic

Simple examples of non-Hermitian Hamiltonians with purely real spectra defined in $L^2(R^+)$ having spectral singularities inside the continuous spectrum are given. It is shown that such Hamiltonians may appear by shifting the ndependent…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Boris F Samsonov

We study one-dimensional scattering for a decaying potential with rapid periodic oscillations and strong localized singularities. In particular, we consider the Schr\"odinger equation \[ H_\epsilon \psi := (-\partial_x^2 + V_0(x) +…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-10-01 Vincent Duchêne , Michael I. Weinstein

The present work addresses the distinction between the topological properties of PT symmetric and non-PT symmetric scenarios for the non-Hermitian Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model. The non-PT symmetric case is represented by non-reciprocity…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-01-02 Dipendu Halder , Sudin Ganguly , Saurabh Basu

We discuss the potential scattering on the noncompact star graph. The Schr\"{o}dinger operator with the short-range potential localizing in a neighborhood of the graph vertex is considered. We study the asymptotic behavior the corresponding…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2015-05-19 Stepan Man'ko

We consider wave dynamics for a Schr\"odinger equation with a non-Hermitian Hamiltonian $\mathcal{H}$ satisfying the generalized (anyonic) parity-time symmetry $\mathcal{PT H}= \exp(2 i \varphi) \mathcal{HPT}$, where $\mathcal{P}$ and $…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-12-15 S. Longhi , E. Pinotti

Robust topological edge modes may evolve into complex-frequency modes when a physical system becomes non-Hermitian. We show that, while having negligible forward optical extinction cross section, a conjugate pair of such complex topological…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-12-02 C. W. Ling , Ka Hei Choi , T. C. Mok , Z. Q. Zhang , Kin Hung Fung

We study spectral and transport properties of one-dimensional tight-binding $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric chains with alternating couplings. Based on the transfer matrix method, we have analytically developed the expressions for the transmission…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2019-04-02 Moreno-Rodríguez L. A. , Izrailev F. M. , Méndez-Bermúdez J. A

Two alternative scenarios are shown possible in Quantum Mechanics working with non-Hermitian $PT-$symmetric form of observables. While, usually, people assume that $P$ is a self-adjoint indefinite metric in Hilbert space (and that their…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Miloslav Znojil

We introduce and develop a novel approach to extend the ordinary two-flavor neutrino oscillation formalism in matter using a non-Hermitian PT symmetric effective Hamiltonian. The condition of PT symmetry is weaker and less mathematical than…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-04-14 Tommy Ohlsson

The complex eigenvalues of some non-Hermitian Hamiltonians, e.g. parity-time symmetric Hamiltonians, come in complex-conjugate pairs. We show that for non-Hermitian scattering Hamiltonians (of a structureless particle in one dimension)…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-05-22 M. A. Simón , A. Buendía , A. Kiely , Ali Mostafazadeh , J. G. Muga

The spectral and localization properties of $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric optical superlattices, either infinitely extended or truncated at one side, are theoretically investigated, and the criteria that ensure a real energy spectrum are…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-18 Stefano Longhi

The problem of scattering of neutral fermions in two-dimensional space-time is approached with a pseudoscalar potential step in the Dirac equation. Some unexpected aspects of the solutions beyond the absence of Klein\'{}s paradox are…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 Antonio S. de Castro

In time-reversal invariant electronic systems the scattering matrix is anti-symmetric. This property enables an effect, designated here as "scattering anomaly", such that the electron transport does not suffer from back reflections,…

Optics · Physics 2017-03-03 Mario G. Silveirinha

We briefly review results on two-dimensional supersymmetric quantum field theories that exhibit factorizable particle scattering. Our particular focus is on a series of $N\!=\!1$ supersymmetric theories, for which exact $S$-matrices have…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Moriconi , K. Schoutens