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In this work, we introduce a new realization of exactly-solvable time-dependent Hamiltonians based on the solutions of the fourth Painlev\'e and the Ermakov equations. The latter is achieved by introducing a shape-invariant condition…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-11-19 Kevin Zelaya , Ian Marquette , Véronique Hussin

Two non-Hermitian PT-symmetric Hamiltonian systems are reconsidered by means of the algebraic method which was originally proposed for the pseudo-Hermitian Hamiltonian systems rather than for the PT-symmetric ones. Compared with the way…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-01-17 Jun-Qing Li , Qian Li , Yan-Gang Miao

Parametric amplifiers are an integral part of measurements involving the conversion of propagating quantum information to mechanical motion. General time-dependent PT-symmetric parametric oscillators for unbroken parity and time reversal…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-12-04 Pinaki Patra

While the Hamiltonians used in standard quantum mechanics are Hermitian, it is also possible to extend the theory to non-Hermitian Hamiltonians. Particularly interesting are non-Hermitian Hamiltonians satisfying parity-time (PT) symmetry,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-02-05 Feliks Kivelä , Shruti Dogra , Gheorghe Sorin Paraoanu

In previous work on the quantum mechanics of an atom freely falling in a general curved background spacetime, the metric was taken to be sufficiently slowly varying on time scales relevant to atomic transitions that time derivatives of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-04-24 Xing Huang , Leonard Parker

Non-Hermitian physics has emerged as a rich field of study, with applications ranging from $PT$-symmetry breaking and skin effects to non-Hermitian topological phase transitions. Yet most studies remain restricted to small-scale or…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-06 Xiao-Ming Zhang , Yukun Zhang , Wenhao He , Xiao Yuan

We show how, given a non-Hermitian Hamiltonian $H$, we can generate new non-Hermitian operators sequentially, producing a virtually infinite chain of non-Hermitian Hamiltonians which are isospectral to $H$ and $H^\dagger$ and whose…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-06-30 Fabio Bagarello , Naomichi Hatano

A $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric, non-Hermitian Hamiltonian in the $\mathcal{PT}$-unbroken regime can lead to unitary dynamics under the appropriate choice of the Hilbert space. The Hilbert space is determined by a Hamiltonian-compatible inner…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-03-19 Himanshu Badhani , Subhashish Banerjee , C. M. Chandrashekar

We study in this paper the time evolution of $PT$-symmetric non-Hermitian Hamiltonian consisting of periodically driven $SU(1,1)$ generators. A non-Hermitian invariant operator is adopted to solve the Schr\"{o}dinger equation, since the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-01-04 Yan Gu , Xue-Min Bai , Xiao-Lei Hao , J. -Q. Liang

$\mathcal{PT}$-symmetry --- invariance with respect to combined space reflection $\mathcal{P}$ and time reversal $\mathcal{T}$ --- provides a weaker condition than (Dirac) Hermiticity for ensuring a real energy spectrum of a general…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2020-06-05 Hugh G. A. Burton , Alex J. W. Thom , Pierre-François Loos

A consistent physical theory of quantum mechanics can be built on a complex Hamiltonian that is not Hermitian but instead satisfies the physical condition of space-time reflection symmetry (PT symmetry). Thus, there are infinitely many new…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 Carl M. Bender , Dorje C. Brody , Hugh F. Jones

Parity-time ($\mathcal{PT}$) symmetry is a cornerstone of non-Hermitian physics as it ensures real energies for stable experimental realization of non-Hermitian phenomena. In this work, we propose $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetry as a paradigm for…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-03-22 Zhoutao Lei , Ching Hua Lee , Linhu Li

We investigate uncertainty relations for quantum observables evolving under non-Hermitian Hamiltonians, with particular emphasis on the role of metric operators. By constructing appropriate metrics in each dynamical regime, namely the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-13 Yanet Alvarez , Mariela Portesi , Romina Ramirez , Marta Reboiro

We investigate a quantum mechanical system on a noncommutative space for which the structure constant is explicitly time-dependent. Any autonomous Hamiltonian on such a space acquires a time-dependent form in terms of the conventional…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-10-15 Sanjib Dey , Andreas Fring

The phenomenon of PT (parity- and time-reversal) symmetry breaking is conventionally associated with a change in the complex mode spectrum of a non-Hermitian system that marks a transition from a purely oscillatory to an exponentially…

The parity-time-reversal- ($\mathcal{PT}$) symmetric quantum mechanics (PTQM) has developed into a noteworthy area of research. However, to date most known studies of PTQM focused on the spectral properties of non-Hermitian Hamiltonian…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-11 Jiangbin Gong , Qing-hai Wang

While non-Hermitian Hamiltonians have been experimentally realized in cold atom systems, it remains an outstanding open question of how to experimentally measure their complex energy spectra in momentum space for a realistic system with…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2022-08-30 Kai Li , Yong Xu

We study the time evolution of quantum systems with a time-dependent non-Hermitian Hamiltonian given by a linear combination of SU(1,1) and SU(2) generators.With a time-dependent metric, the pseudo-Hermitian invariant operator is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-05-24 Mustapha Maamache , Oum Kaltoum Djeghiour , Walid Koussa , Naima Mana

The solutions of the time independent Schrodinger equation for non-Hermitian (NH) Hamiltonians have been extensively studied and calculated in many different fields of physics by using L^2 methods that originally have been developed for the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Ido Gilary , Avner Fleischer , Nimrod Moiseyev

Starting with the modified Dirac equations for free massive particles with the $\gamma_5$-extension of the physical mass $m\rightarrow m_1 + \gamma_5 m_2$, we consider equations of relativistic quantum mechanics in the presence of an…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-04-03 V. N. Rodionov