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A real potential Hamiltonian has real energy bound states below the scattering threshold and complex energy resonances above it. Scattering states are not square integrable, being instead delta function normalized. This lack of square…

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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

Significant progress in manipulating heat diffusion has been achieved with the advent of non-Hermitian physics and topology. However, previous studies on diffusive systems have primarily concentrated on isolated cases, where fields decay…

Applied Physics · Physics 2026-03-12 Dong Wang , Pei-Chao Cao , Yanxiang Wang , Minghong Qi , Ran Ju , Hongsheng Chen , Chengwei Qiu , Ying Li

We introduce the notion of pseudo-Hermiticity and show that every Hamiltonian with a real spectrum is pseudo-Hermitian. We point out that all the PT-symmetric non-Hermitian Hamiltonians studied in the literature belong to the class of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-09-07 Ali Mostafazadeh

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

Hyperuniform disorder is a type of correlated disorder characterized by vanishing spectral density at small wavevectors, making the configuration effectively homogeneous on long length scales. In photonics, hyperuniform disorder is…

Optics · Physics 2026-03-05 Zeyu Zhang , Koorosh Sadri , Brian Gould , Mikael Rechtsman

Leveraging topological properties in the response of electromagnetic systems can greatly enhance their potential. Although the investigation of singularity-based electromagnetics and non-Hermitian electronics has considerably increased in…

Recently some authors have broadened the scope of canonical quantum mechanics by replacing the conventional Hermiticity condition on the Hamiltonian by a weaker requirement through the introduction of the notion of pseudo-Hermiticity. In…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Ram Narayan Deb , Avinash Khare , Binayak Dutta Roy

We highlight the conceptual issues that arise when one applies the quasi-Hermitian framework to analyze scattering from localized non-Hermitian potentials, in particular complex square-wells or delta-functions. When treated in the framework…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-05-29 H. F. Jones

This study investigates pseudo-Hermitian quantum mechanics, where the Hamiltonian satisfies a modified Hermiticity condition. We extend the uncertainty relation for such systems, demonstrating its equivalence to the standard Hermitian case…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-11 Boubakeur Khantoul , Bilel Hamil , Amar Benchikha

In this paper we study the scattering theory associated with the pseudofermion dynamical theory for the Hubbard chain. In terms of pseudofermions the spectral properties are controlled by zero-momentum forward scattering only. The…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2007-05-23 J. M. P. Carmelo , D. Bozi , P. D. Sacramento

Non-Hermitian systems are known to possess unique singularities in the scattering spectra such as exceptional points, bound states in the continuum, Diabolic points, and anapole states, which are usually considered to be independent. Here,…

The descripition of in a Hermitian setting seemingly nonlocal and nonperturbative phenomena like confinement or superconductivity is most conveniently performed by generalizing quantum theory to a non-Hermitian regime where these phenomena…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-01-08 Frieder Kleefeld

Proceeding from optical analogy we propose a new physical interpretation of unitarity saturation leading to antishadowing as a reflective scattering. This interpretation of antishadowing is related to the non-perturbative aspects of strong…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 S. M. Troshin , N. E. Tyurin

The phenomenon of quantum phase transition is considered in the special case in which the evolution laws remain unitary and in which the bound-state energies remain observable. The conventional Hermiticity of observables is lost at the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-04-24 Miloslav Znojil

Spectra of bulk or edges in topological insulators are often made complex by non-Hermiticity. Here, we show that symmetry protection enables entirely real spectra for both bulk and edges even in non-Hermitian topological insulators. In…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-09-11 Kohei Kawabata , Masatoshi Sato

Quantum systems are often classified into Hermitian and non-Hermitian ones. Extraordinary non-Hermitian phenomena, ranging from the non-Hermitian skin effect to the supersensitivity to boundary conditions, have been widely explored. Whereas…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2022-05-25 Chenwei Lv , Ren Zhang , Zhengzheng Zhai , Qi Zhou

The observation that PT-symmetric Hamiltonians can have real-valued energy levels even if they are non-Hermitian has triggered intense activities, with experiments, in particular, focusing on optical systems, where Hermiticity can be broken…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-06-10 Henning Schomerus

We review the theory of interacting Fermi systems whose low-energy physics is governed by forward scattering, i.e. scattering processes generated by effective interactions with small momentum transfers. These systems include Fermi liquids…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 W. Metzner , C. Castellani , C. Di Castro

Over the past two decades, open systems that are described by a non-Hermitian Hamiltonian have become a subject of intense research. These systems encompass classical wave systems with balanced gain and loss, semiclassical models with mode…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-10-27 Frantisek Ruzicka , Kaustubh S. Agarwal , Yogesh N. Joglekar