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The classical trajectories of the family of complex PT-symmetric Hamiltonians $H=p^2+x^2(ix)^\epsilon$ ($\epsilon\geq0$) form closed orbits. All such complex orbits that have been studied in the past are PT symmetric (left-right symmetric).…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Carl M. Bender , Daniel W. Darg

This paper reports the results of an ongoing in-depth analysis of the classical trajectories of the class of non-Hermitian $PT$-symmetric Hamiltonians $H=p^2+ x^2(ix)^\varepsilon$ ($\varepsilon\geq0$). A variety of phenomena, heretofore…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-03-09 Carl M. Bender , Daniel W. Hook

It has been found that complex non-Hermitian quantum-mechanical Hamiltonians may have entirely real spectra and generate unitary time evolution if they possess an unbroken $\cP\cT$ symmetry. A well-studied class of such Hamiltonians is $H=…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Carl M. Bender , Jun-Hua Chen , Daniel W. Darg , Kimball A. Milton

The motion of a simple pendulum in a uniform gravitational field can be described by the solution of a second-order differential equation, nonlinear differential equation. In practice we solve this equation using the small angle…

Classical Physics · Physics 2026-05-26 Adel H. Alameh

In the course of basic physics, more precisely the course of classical mechanics should be understood as clearly as possible the subject of rotational dynamics for students of science and engineering, to have clarity with the issues…

Physics Education · Physics 2018-12-12 Alex Estupiñán , Miguel Pico , Raul Ortiz

The motion of a pendulum is described as Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM) in case the initial displacement given is small. If we relax this condition then we observe the deviation from the SHM. The equation of motion is non-linear and thus…

Physics Education · Physics 2007-05-23 P. Arun , Naveen Gaur

This paper examines numerically the complex classical trajectories of the kicked rotor and the double pendulum. Both of these systems exhibit a transition to chaos, and this feature is studied in complex phase space. Additionally, it is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-11-02 Carl M. Bender , Joshua Feinberg , Daniel W. Hook , David J. Weir

Complex trajectories for Hamiltonians of the form H=p^n+V(x) are studied. For n=2 time-reversal symmetry prevents trajectories from crossing. However, for n>2 trajectories may indeed cross, and as a result, the complex trajectories for such…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-02-18 Carl M. Bender , Daniel W. Hook

The classical trajectories of a particle governed by the PT-symmetric Hamiltonian $H=p^2+x^2(ix)^\epsilon$ ($\epsilon\geq0$) have been studied in depth. It is known that almost all trajectories that begin at a classical turning point…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-11-30 Carl M. Bender , Hugh F. Jones

Periodic classical trajectories are of fundamental importance both in classical and quantum physics. Here we develop path integral techniques to investigate such trajectories in an arbitrary, not necessarily energy conserving hamiltonian…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-09-06 Antti J. Niemi

The motion of a driven planar pendulum with vertically periodically oscillating point of suspension and under the action of an additional constant torque is investigated. We study the influence of the torque strength on the transition to…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2007-05-23 Marek Borowiec , Grzegorz Litak , Hans Troger

The looping pendulum is a simple physical system consisting of two masses connected by a string that passes over a rod. We derive equations of motion for the looping pendulum using Newtonian mechanics, and show that these equations can be…

Classical Physics · Physics 2021-10-27 Collin Dannheim , Luke Ignell , Brendan O'Donnell , Robert McNees , Constantin Rasinariu

This paper is devoted to a detailed investigation of the perturbed pendulum-like motions of a heavy rigid body about a fixed point. Canonical variables that allow one to simplify the analysis of homoclinic and heteroclinic orbits are…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2012-12-11 Igor N. Gashenenko

The effective dynamics of a slow classical system coupled to a fast chaotic environment is described by means of a Master equation. We show how this approach permits a very simple derivation of geometric magnetism.

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-04-30 Jochen Rau

When a set of particles are moving in a potential field, two aspects are concerned: 1) the relative motion of particle in spatial domain; 2) the particle velocity variations in time domain. The difficulty on treating the systems is…

General Physics · Physics 2011-05-18 Xiao Jianhua

Pendulums have long fascinated humans ever since Galileo theorized that they are isochronic with regards to their swing. While this simplification is useful in the case of small-angle pendulums due to the accuracy of the small-angle…

Classical Physics · Physics 2018-05-02 Nicolas Graber-Mitchell

We consider the Hamiltonian constraint formulation of classical field theories, which treats spacetime and the space of fields symmetrically, and utilizes the concept of momentum multivector. The gauge field is introduced to compensate for…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2018-05-04 Vaclav Zatloukal

Trajectory of a test particle or a photon around a general spherical black hole is studied and bending of light trajectory is investigated. Pseudo-Newtonian gravitational potential describing the gravitational field of the black hole is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-30 Sumanta Chakraborty , Subenoy Chakraborty

A unified approach to the study of classical and quantum spin in external fields is developed. Understanding the dynamics of particles with spin and dipole moments in arbitrary gravitational, inertial and electromagnetic fields is important…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-04-02 Yuri N. Obukhov

If a Hamiltonian is PT symmetric, there are two possibilities: Either the eigenvalues are entirely real, in which case the Hamiltonian is said to be in an unbroken-PT-symmetric phase, or else the eigenvalues are partly real and partly…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-06-05 Carl M. Bender , Bjorn K. Berntson , David Parker , E. Samuel
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