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One of the important features of non-Hermitian Hamiltonians is the existence of a unique type of singularities, the so-called exceptional points (EPs). When the corresponding systems operate around such singularities, they exhibit…

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The scattering matrix $S$ obeys the unitary relation $S^\dagger S=1$ in a Hermitian system and the symmetry property ${\cal PT}S{\cal PT}=S^{-1}$ in a Parity-Time (${\cal PT}$) symmetric system. Here we report a different symmetry relation…

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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

We theoretically study the non-Hermitian systems, the non-Hermiticity of which arises from the unequal hopping amplitude (UHA) dimers. The distinguishing features of these models are that they have full real spectra if all of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-09-17 X. Z. Zhang , Z. Song

Reciprocity is shown so far only when the scattering potential is either real or parity symmetric complex. We extend this result for parity violating complex potential by considering several explicit examples: (i) we show reciprocity for a…

Non-Hermitian systems exhibit a fundamental spectral dichotomy absent in Hermitian physics: the eigenvalue spectrum and the eigenstate spectrum can deviate significantly in the thermodynamic limit. We explain how non-Hermitian Hamiltonians…

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Applying the inverse scattering transform to study a focusing two-component Hirota equation with nonzero boundary conditions at infinity. Through the spectral problem and the adjoint spectral problem, the analyticity properties and symmetry…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2025-02-25 Feng Zhang , Pengfei Han , Yi Zhang

We study non-Hermitian random matrices belonging to the symmetry classes of the complex and symplectic Ginibre ensemble, and present a unifying and systematic framework for analysing mixed spectral moments involving both holomorphic and…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-04-10 Gernot Akemann , Sung-Soo Byun , Seungjoon Oh

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 show that Hilbert-space holonomy provides a geometric organizing principle for spectral reality in fragmented non-Hermitian many-body systems, complementary to conventional symmetry protection. In two minimal fragmented models, complex…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-05-20 Jiong-Hao Wang , Maria Zelenayova , Christopher Ekman , Emil J. Bergholtz

Explorations of symmetry and topology have led to important breakthroughs in quantum optics, but much richer behaviors arise from the non-Hermitian nature of light-matter interactions. A high-reflectivity, non-Hermitian optical mirror can…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-08-09 Yi-Cheng Wang , Jhih-Shih You , H. H. Jen

Non-Hermitian systems characterized by suitable spatial distributions of gain and loss can exhibit "spectral singularities" in the form of zero-width resonances associated to real-frequency poles in the scattering operator. Here, we study…

Optics · Physics 2020-04-22 Massimo Moccia , Giuseppe Castaldi , Andrea Alù , Vincenzo Galdi

We consider the neutrino self-energy in a background composed of a scalar particle and a fermion using a simple model for the coupling of the form $\lambda\bar f_R\nu_L\phi$. The results are useful in the context of Dark Matter-neutrino…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-01-17 José F. Nieves , Sarira Sahu

A popular $PT$-symmetric optical potential (variation of the refractive index) that supports a variety of interesting and unusual phenomena is the imaginary exponential, the limiting case of the potential $V_0[\cos(2\pi…

Optics · Physics 2015-06-23 H. F. Jones

Non-Hermitian, one-dimensional potentials which are also non-local, allow for scattering asymmetries, namely, asymmetric transmission or reflection responses to the incidence of a particle from left or right. The symmetries of the potential…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-11-11 Andreas Ruschhaupt , Anthony Kiely , Miguel Ángel Simón , J. Gonzalo Muga

The fidelity susceptibility is a tool for studying quantum phase transitions in the Hermitian condensed matter systems. Recently, it has been generalized with the biorthogonal basis for the non-Hermitian quantum systems. From the general…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-03-24 Yi-Ting Tu , Iksu Jang , Po-Yao Chang , Yu-Chin Tzeng

A flexible control of wave scattering in complex media is of relevance in different areas of classical and quantum physics. Recently, a great interest has been devoted to scattering engineering in non-Hermitian systems, with the prediction…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-09-27 Stefano Longhi , Ermanno Pinotti

We consider a non-relativistic quantum particle interacting with a singular potential supported by two parallel straight lines in the plane. We locate the essential spectrum under the hypothesis that the interaction asymptotically…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2014-06-12 Sylwia Kondej , David Krejcirik

In this paper we formulate our results on the essential spectrum of many-particle pseudorelativistic Hamiltonians without magnetic and external potential fields in the spaces of functions, having arbitrary type $\alpha$ of the permutational…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2008-04-24 Grigorii Zhislin

Spectral singularities are certain points of the continuous spectrum of generic complex scattering potentials. We review the recent developments leading to the discovery of their physical meaning, consequences, and generalizations. In…

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