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We study the $\mathcal{PT} $-symmetry breaking for the scattering problem in a one-dimensional (1D) non-Hermitian tight-binding lattice model with balanced gain and loss distributed on two adjacent sites. In the scattering process the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-03-30 Baogang Zhu , Rong Lü , Shu Chen

Recently developed parity (P) and time-reversal (T) symmetric non-Hermitian systems govern a rich variety of new and characteristically distinct physical properties, which may or may not have a direct analog in their Hermitian counterparts.…

Superconductivity · Physics 2018-01-24 Ananya Ghatak , Tanmoy Das

We analyze the scattering dynamics and spectrum of a quantum particle on a tight-binding lattice subject to a non-Hermitian (purely imaginary) local potential. The reflection, transmission and absorption coefficients are studied as a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-07-20 Phillip C. Burke , Jan Wiersig , Masudul Haque

Real-to-complex spectral transitions and the associated spontaneous symmetry breaking of eigenstates are central to non-Hermitian physics, yet a comprehensive and universal theory that precisely describes the underlying physical mechanisms…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-23 Zhuo-Ting Cai , Hai-Dong Li , Wei Chen

We survey some of the main conceptual developments in the study of PT-symmetric and pseudo-Hermitian Hamiltonian operators that have taken place during the past ten years or so. We offer a precise mathematical description of a quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-19 Ali Mostafazadeh

Pseudo-Hermitian field theories possess a global continuous ``similarity'' symmetry, interconnecting the theories with the same physical particle content and an identical mass spectrum. In their regimes with real spectra, within this family…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-01-12 Maxim N. Chernodub , Peter Millington

In the context of two particularly interesting non-Hermitian models in quantum mechanics we explore the relationship between the original Hamiltonian H and its Hermitian counterpart h, obtained from H by a similarity transformation, as…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 H. F. Jones

We complexify a 1-d potential which exhibits bound, reflecting and free states to study various properties of a non-Hermitian system. This potential turns out a PT-symmetric non-Hermitian potential when one of the parameters becomes…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-17 Ananya Ghatak , Raka Dona Ray Mandal , Bhabani Prasad Mandal

The coupling of non-Hermitian PT-symmetric Hamiltonians to standard Hermitian Hamiltonians, each of which individually has a real energy spectrum, is explored by means of a number of soluble models. It is found that in all cases the energy…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Carl M. Bender , Hugh F. Jones

We approach the study of non--integrable models of two--dimensional quantum field theory as perturbations of the integrable ones. By exploiting the knowledge of the exact $S$-matrix and Form Factors of the integrable field theories we…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 G. Delfino , G. Mussardo , P. Simonetti

We investigate the scattering properties of an anti-parity-symmetric non-Hermitian system. The anti-parity-symmetric scattering center possesses imaginary nearest-neighbor hoppings and real onsite potentials, it has been experimentally…

Optics · Physics 2018-09-30 L. Jin

We investigate Non-Hermitian quantum field theoretic model with $\iota g\phi^3$ interaction in 6 dimension. Such a model is PT-symmetric for the pseudo scalar field $\phi$. We analytically calculate the 2-loop $\beta$ function and analyse…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-07-20 Aditya Dwivedi , Bhabani Prasad Mandal

A novel perturbative analysis for the 2+1 local supercritical field theory of pomerons is developed. It is based on the PT symmetry of the model which allows to study a similar Hamiltonian with the same real perturbative spectrum. In the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-07-16 G. P. Vacca

Scattering on the ${\cal PT}$-symmetric Coulomb potential is studied along a U-shaped trajectory circumventing the origin in the complex $x$ plane from below. This trajectory reflects ${\cal PT}$ symmetry, sets the appropriate boundary…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-07-01 Geza Levai , Petr Siegl , Miloslav Znojil

We discuss non-Hermitian field theories where the spectrum of the Hamiltonian involves only real energies. We make three observations. (i) The theories obtained from supersymmetric theories by nonanticommutative deformations belong in many…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 A. V. Smilga

The Hermitian systems possess unitary scattering; however, the Hermiticity is unnecessary for a unitary scattering although the scattering under the influence of non-Hermiticity is mostly non-unitary. Here we prove that the unitary…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-01-31 L. Jin

We investigate the properties of two anti-parity-time (anti-PT )-symmetric four-site scattering centers. The anti-PT -symmetric scattering center may have imaginary couplings, real couplings, and real on-site potentials. The only difference…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-02-09 H. S. Xu , L. jin

We propose a method of computing and studying entanglement quantities in non-Hermitian systems by use of a biorthogonal basis. We find that the entanglement spectrum characterizes the topological properties in terms of the existence of…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-07-16 Po-Yao Chang , Jhih-Shih You , Xueda Wen , Shinsei Ryu

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…

The spectral singularity have been extensively studied over the last one and half decade for different non-Hermitian potentials in non-Hermitian quantum mechanics. The nature of spectral singularities have not been studied for the case of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-04-22 Mohammad Hasan , Bhabani Prasad Mandal