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One-dimensional scattering mediated by non-Hermitian Hamiltonians is studied. A schematic set of models is used which simulate two point interactions at a variable strength and distance. The feasibility of the exact construction of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-06-26 Miloslav Znojil

The aim of this paper is to illustrate both analytically and numerically the interplay of two fundamentally distinct non-Hermitian mechanisms in a deep subwavelength regime. Considering a parity-time symmetric system of one-dimensional…

Optics · Physics 2025-10-01 Habib Ammari , Silvio Barandun , Ping Liu , Alexander Uhlmann

The framework of locally covariant quantum field theory is discussed, motivated in part using "ignorance principles". It is shown how theories can be represented by suitable functors, so that physical equivalence of theories may be…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-08-29 Christopher J. Fewster

When several inequivalent supercharges form a closed superalgebra in Quantum Mechanics it entails the appearance of hidden symmetries of a Super-Hamiltonian. We examine this problem in one-dimensional QM for the case of periodic potentials…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-09-10 Alexander A. Andrianov , Andrey V. Sokolov

We discuss the properties of a large number N of one-dimensional (bounded) locally periodic potential barriers in a finite interval. We show that the transmission coefficient, the scattering cross section $\sigma$, and the resonances of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 D. Bar , L. P. Horwitz

The relevance of parity and time reversal (PT)-symmetric structures in optical systems is known for sometime with the correspondence existing between the Schrodinger equation and the paraxial equation of diffraction where the time parameter…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-01-21 Bijan Bagchi , Subhrajit Modak , Prasanta K. Panigrahi

The scattering of quantum particles by non-hermitian (generally nonlocal) potentials in one dimension may result in asymmetric transmission and/or reflection from left and right incidence. Eight generalized symmetries based on the discrete…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-01-17 A. Ruschhaupt , T. Dowdall , M. A. Simón , J. G. Muga

We discuss the quantum-mechanical scattering of a massless scalar field on a $\delta$-potential in a ghost-free theory and obtain analytic solutions for the scattering coefficients. Due to the non-locality of the ghost-free theory the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-06-26 Jens Boos , Valeri P. Frolov , Andrei Zelnikov

We discuss the relation between the "compositeness" of an s-wave bound state, as derived from a related partial wave scattering amplitude, and the corresponding spatial probability densities, for the case of spherically symmetric,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-05-23 Peter C. Bruns

In this paper we introduce a simple phenomenological model of the conduction between a couple of serial or parallel quantum dots. This model is extended to arbitrary of number and to a square array of quantum dots. The local potential is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-03-17 S. Illera , A. Cirera

Implementation of a parity-time (PT) symmetric microwave photonic system in the optical wavelength space with spatial singularity is proposed. In the proposed PT-symmetric microwave photonic system, the gain and loss modes are confined in a…

We prove that generic quantum local Hamiltonians are gapless. In fact, we prove that there is a continuous density of states above the ground state. The Hamiltonian can be on a lattice in any spatial dimension or on a graph with a bounded…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-12-06 Ramis Movassagh

We observe that the reflection and transmission coefficients of a particle within a double, PT symmetric heterojunction with spatially varying mass, show interesting features, depending on the degree of non Hermiticity, although there is no…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-16 Anjana Sinha , R. Roychoudhury

Two port s-matrix for a complex PT-symmetric potential may have uni-modular eigenvalues. If this happens for all energies, there occurs a perfect emission of waves at both ends. We call this phenomenon transparency which is distinctly…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-01-07 Zafar Ahmed , Joseph Amal Nathan , Dona Ghosh

Local symmetries are spatial symmetries present in a subdomain of a complex system. By using and extending a framework of so-called non-local currents that has been established recently, we show that one can gain knowledge about the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-04-26 Malte Röntgen , Christian V. Morfonios , Fotios Diakonos , Peter Schmelcher

We review the current status of one dimensional periodic potentials and also present several new results. It is shown that using the formalism of supersymmetric quantum mechanics, one can considerably enlarge the limited class of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Avinash Khare , Uday Sukhatme

The conditions leading to flat dispersionless frequency bands in truly one-dimensional parity-time ($\cal PT$) symmetric metamaterials comprising split-ring resonators (SRRs) arranged in a binary pattern are obtained analytically. In this…

Optics · Physics 2020-05-13 N. Lazarides , G. P. Tsironis

We study the apparent tension between locality and unitarity for symmetries in quantum field theory. This emerges in the context of categorical symmetries where symmetry operators are generically non-invertible. We argue that locality…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-05-18 Ibrahima Bah , Shlomo S. Razamat , Michal Shemesh , Hannah Tillim

We consider a system realized with one spinless quantum particle and an array of $N$ spins 1/2 in dimension one and three. We characterize all the Hamiltonians obtained as point perturbations of an assigned free dynamics in terms of some…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Claudio Cacciapuoti , Raffaele Carlone , Rodolfo Figari

We consider a parity-time ($\mathcal{PT}$-) symmetric waveguide consisting of a localized gain and loss elements separated by a variable distance. The situation is modelled by a Schr\"odiner operator with localized complex…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2019-10-10 D. I. Borisov , D. A. Zezyulin