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Despite its common use in quantum theory, the mathematical requirement of Dirac Hermiticity of a Hamiltonian is sufficient to guarantee the reality of energy eigenvalues but not necessary. By establishing three theorems, this paper gives…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-18 Carl M. Bender , Philip D. Mannheim

In this article in a very general manner we have investigated the eigen value problem in Rindler space. We have developed the formalism in an exact form. It has been noticed that although the Hamiltonian is non-hermitian, because of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-01-09 Sanchita Das , Somenath Chakrabarty

In this paper, a non-trivial system governed by a continuum PT-symmetric Hamiltonian is discussed. We show that this Hamiltonian is iso-spectral to the simple harmonic oscillator. We find its eigenfunctions and the path in the complex plane…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-08-09 Lawrence Mead , David Garfinkle , Sungwook Lee

Criteria are formulated both for the existence and for the non-existence of complex eigenvalues for a class of non self-adjoint operators in Hilbert space invarariant under a particular discrete symmetry. Applications to the PT-symmetric…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Emanuela Caliceti , Sandro Graffi , Johannes Sjoestrand

We investigate the following eigenvalue problem \begin{align*} \begin{cases} -\operatorname{div}\left( L(x) |\nabla u| ^{p-2}\nabla u\right)=\lambda K(x)|u|^{p-2}u \quad \text{in } A_{R_1}^{R_2} , u=0\quad \text{on } \partial A_{R_1}^{R_2}…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-05-10 Pavel Drábek , Ky Ho , Abhishek Sarkar

If a single particle obeys non-relativistic QM in R^d and has the Hamiltonian H = - Delta + f(r), where f(r)=sum_{i = 1}^{k}a_ir^{q_i}, 2\leq q_i < q_{i+1}, a_i \geq 0$, then the eigenvalues E = E_{n\ell}^{(d)}(\lambda) are given…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Qutaibeh D. Katatbeh , Richard L. Hall , Nasser Saad

A new method to work out the Hermitian correspondence of a PT-symmetric quantum mechanical Hamiltonian is proposed. In contrast to the conventional method, the new method ends with a local Hamiltonian of the form p^2/2+m^2x^2/2+v(x) without…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-05-11 Yi-Da Li , Qing Wang

We carry out an exact quantization of a PT symmetric (reversible) Li\'{e}nard type one dimensional nonlinear oscillator both semiclassically and quantum mechanically. The associated time independent classical Hamiltonian is of non-standard…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-09-07 V. Chithiika Ruby , M. Senthilvelan , M. Lakshmanan

We provide a reviewlike introduction into the quantum mechanical formalism related to non-Hermitian Hamiltonian systems with real eigenvalues. Starting with the time-independent framework we explain how to determine an appropriate domain of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-26 Carla Figueira de Morisson Faria , Andreas Fring

We study the spectral problems associated with the finite-difference operators $H_N = 2 \cosh(p) + V_N(x)$, where $V_N(x)$ is an arbitrary polynomial potential of degree $N$. These systems can be regarded as a solvable deformation of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-11-14 Matijn François , Alba Grassi , Tommaso Pedroni

Let $H$ be any $\PT$ symmetric Schr\"odinger operator of the type $ -\hbar^2\Delta+(x_1^2+...+x_d^2)+igW(x_1,...,x_d)$ on $L^2(\R^d)$, where $W$ is any odd homogeneous polynomial and $g\in\R$. It is proved that $\P H$ is self-adjoint and…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 E. Caliceti , S. Graffi

The Hamiltonian $H={1\over2} p^2+{1\over2}m^2x^2+gx^2(ix)^\delta$ with $\delta,g\geq0$ is non-Hermitian, but the energy levels are real and positive as a consequence of ${\cal PT}$ symmetry. The quantum mechanical theory described by $H$ is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 Carl M. Bender , Stefan Boettcher , Peter N. Meisinger , Qinghai Wang

We investigate the eigenvalue problem $-\text{div}(\sigma \nabla u) = \lambda u\ (\mathscr{P})$ in a 2D domain $\Omega$ divided into two regions $\Omega_{\pm}$. We are interested in situations where $\sigma$ takes positive values on…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-09-20 Lucas Chesnel , Xavier Claeys , Sergei A. Nazarov

In this work, we study the spectral properties of matrix Hamiltonians generated by linearizing the nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation about soliton solutions. By a numerically assisted proof, we show that there are no embedded eigenvalues for…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-05-18 Jeremy L. Marzuola , Gideon Simpson

In this work, $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric Hamiltonians defined on quantum $sl(2, \mathbb R)$ algebras are presented. We study the spectrum of a family of non-Hermitian Hamiltonians written in terms of the generators of the non-standard…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-09-28 Ángel Ballesteros , Romina Ramírez , Marta Reboiro

We show that similarity (or equivalent) transformations enable one to construct non-Hermitian operators with real spectrum. In this way we can also prove and generalize the results obtained by other authors by means of a gauge-like…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-08-08 Francisco M. Fernández

It is shown that the eigenvalue problem for the Hamiltonians of the standard form, $H=p^2/(2m)+V(x)$, is equivalent to the classical dynamical equation for certain harmonic oscillators with time-dependent frequency. This is another…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Ali Mostafazadeh

It is believed that unbroken PT symmetry is sufficient to guarantee that the spectrum of a non-Hermitian Hamiltonian is real. We prove that this is not true. We study a Hamiltonian with complex spectrum for which PT symmetry is not…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 C. Yuce

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

Harmonic oscillator, in 2-dimensional noncommutative phase space with non-vanishing momentum-momentum commutators, is studied using an algebraic approach. The corresponding eigenvalue problem is solved and discussed.

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2011-08-09 Mahouton Norbert Hounkonnou , Dine Ousmane Samary