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We discuss Hamiltonian symmetries and invariants for quantum systems driven by non-Hermitian Hamiltonians. For time-independent Hermitian Hamiltonians, a unitary or antiunitary transformation $AHA^\dagger$ that leaves the Hamiltonian $H$…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-05-21 M. A. Simón Martínez , A. Buendía , J. G. Muga

Motivated by the recent advances in modelling the pseudo-Hermitian Hamiltonian (pHH) systems using superconducting qubits we analyze their quantum dynamics subject to a small time-dependent perturbation. In particular, We develop the linear…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-11-03 L. Tetling , M. V. Fistul , Ilya M. Eremin

In conventional Schr\"{o}dinger representation the unitarity of the evolution of bound states is guaranteed by the Hermiticity of the Hamiltonian. A non-unitary isospectral simplification of the Hamiltonian, $\mathfrak{h} \to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-01-13 Miloslav Znojil

Rarely noted paradoxes and their resolution lead to non-Hermitian behaviors due to boundary terms, even for closed systems and with real potentials. The role played by these non-Hermiticities on quantum mechanical uncertainty relations is…

General Physics · Physics 2021-10-05 K. Moulopoulos

We study a class of time-dependent (TD) non-Hermitian Hamiltonians $H(t)$ that can be transformed into a time-independent pseudo-Hermitian Hamiltonian $\mathcal{H}_{0}^{PH}$ using a suitable TD unitary transformation $F(t)$. The latter can…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-06 F. Kecita , B. Khantoul , A. Bounames

Resonance (quasinormal) states correspond to non-Hermitian solutions to the Schr\"odinger equation obeying outgoing boundary conditions which lead to complex energy eigenvalues and momenta. Following the normalization rule for resonance…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-02-15 Gastón García-Calderón , Jorge Villavicencio

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

Quantum mechanics of unitary systems is considered in quasi-Hermitian representation. In this framework the concept of perturbation is found counterintuitive, for three reasons. The first one is that in this formalism we are allowed to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-05-21 Miloslav Znojil

The relevance in Physics of non-Hermitian operators with real eigenvalues is being widely recognized not only in quantum mechanics but also in other areas, such as quantum optics, quantum fluid dynamics and quantum field theory. %stochastic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-04-16 Natália Bebiano , João da Providência , S. Nishiyama , João P. da Providência

A series of recent papers ``Faster than Hermitian Quantum Mechanics'' and related articles made a point of the possibility of a non-Hermitian, but PT-symmetric, operator to play the role of a Hamiltonian. In particular, they show that with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-04-15 Mark J. Everitt , Shaaban Khalil , Alexandre M. Zagoskin

One of the postulates of quantum mechanics is that the Hamiltonian is Hermitian, as this guarantees that the eigenvalues are real. Recently there has been an interest in asking if $H^\dagger = H$ is a necessary condition, and has lead to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Damien Martin

The quantum-mechanical framework in which observables are associated with Hermitian operators is too narrow to discuss measurements of such important physical quantities as elapsed time or harmonic-oscillator phase. We introduce a broader…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-28 Samuel L. Braunstein , Carlton M. Caves , G. J. Milburn

We demonstrate how to discriminate two non-orthogonal, entangled quantum state which are slightly different from each other by using pseudo-Hermitian system. The positive definite metric operator which makes the pseudo-Hermitian systems…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-04 Ananya Ghatak , Bhabani Prasad Mandal

The construction of exactly-solvable models has recently been advanced by considering integrable $T\bar{T}$ deformations and related Hamiltonian deformations in quantum mechanics. We introduce a broader class of non-Hermitian Hamiltonian…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-01-18 Apollonas S. Matsoukas-Roubeas , Federico Roccati , Julien Cornelius , Zhenyu Xu , Aurelia Chenu , Adolfo del Campo

We re-derive the Schr\"{o}dinger-Robertson uncertainty principle for the position and momentum of a quantum particle. Our derivation does not directly employ commutation relations, but works by reduction to an eigenvalue problem related to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-11-15 A. Mandilara , N. J. Cerf

Time continues to be an intriguing physical property in the modern era. On the one hand, we have the Classical and Relativistic notion of time, where space and time have the same hierarchy, which is essential in describing events in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-12-29 Arlans JS de Lara , Marcus W Beims

Non-Hermitian Hamiltonians are relevant to describe the features of a broad class of physical phenomena, ranging from photonics and atomic and molecular systems to nuclear physics and mesoscopic electronic systems. An important question…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-04-21 Ygor Pará , Giandomenico Palumbo , Tommaso Macrì

We explore the relation between quantum geometry in non-Hermitian systems and physically measurable phenomena. We highlight various situations in which the behavior of a non-Hermitian system is best understood in terms of quantum geometry,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-16 Anton Montag , Tomoki Ozawa

The usual position-momentum commutation relation plays a fundamental role in the mathematical description of continuous-variable quantum systems. In the case of a qudit described by a Hilbert space of a high enough dimension, there exists a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-05 Nicolae Cotfas

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