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We show that and how point interactions offer one of the most suitable guides towards a quantitative analysis of properties of certain specific non-Hermitian (usually called PT-symmetric) quantum-mechanical systems. A double-well model is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 Miloslav Znojil , Vit Jakubsky

A procedure for constructing bound state potentials is given. We show that, under the natural conditions imposed on a radial eigenvalue problem, the only special cases of the general central potential, which are exactly solvable and have…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-07-19 N. Gurappa , Prasanta K. Panigrahi , T. Soloman Raju

In many PT symmetric models with real spectra, apparently, energy levels "merge and disappear" at a point of the spontaneous PT-symmetry breaking. We argue that such an oversimplified and discontinuous physical interpretation of this…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-18 Miloslav Znojil , Geza Levai

Non-hermitian, $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric Hamiltonians, experimentally realized in optical systems, accurately model the properties of open, bosonic systems with balanced, spatially separated gain and loss. We present a family of exactly…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-12-17 Kaustubh S. Agarwal , Rajeev K. Pathak , Yogesh N. Joglekar

A conditionally exactly solvable potential, the supersymmetric partner of the harmonic oscillator is investigated in the PT-symmetric setting. It is shown that a number of properties characterizing shape-invariant and Natanzon-class…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Anjana Sinha , Geza Levai , Pinaki Roy

Discrete PT-symmetric square wells are studied. Their wave functions are found proportional to classical Tshebyshev polynomials of complex argument. The compact secular equations for energies are derived giving the real spectra in certain…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Miloslav Znojil

We introduce a new concept of infinite quasi-exactly solvable models which are constructable through multi-parameter deformations of known exactly solvable ones. The spectral problem for these models admits exact solutions for infinitely…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 H. D. Doebner , K. Lazarow , A. G. Ushveridze

A nonpolynomial one-dimensional quantum potential representing an oscillator, that can be considered as placed in the middle between the harmonic oscillator and the isotonic oscillator (harmonic oscillator with a centripetal barrier), is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-11-16 J. F. Cariñena , A. M. Perelomov , M. F. Rañada , M. Santander

We introduce generalized versions of complex Scarf and Morse-type potentials that con- tain energy-dependent parameters. PT -symmetry and pseudo-hermiticity of the associated quantum systems are discussed, and a modified orthogonality…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2017-04-26 Axel Schulze-Halberg , Pinaki Roy

We discuss the possibility of realizing a non-Hermitian, i.e. an open two-well system of ultra-cold atoms by enclosing it with additional time-dependent wells that serve as particle reservoirs. With the appropriate design of the additional…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-11-20 Manuel Kreibich , Jörg Main , Holger Cartarius , Günter Wunner

Gaussian Klauder coherent states are discussed in the context of the infinite well quantum model, otherwise known as the particle in a box. A supersymmetric partner system is also presented, as well as a construction of coherent states in…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-03-26 Marc-Antoine Fiset , Véronique Hussin

In the quantization scheme which weakens the hermiticity of a Hamiltonian to its mere PT invariance the superposition V(x) = x^2+ Ze^2/x of the harmonic and Coulomb potentials is defined at the purely imaginary effective charges (Ze^2=if)…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Miloslav Znojil

One of the simplest pseudo-Hermitian models with real spectrum (viz., square-well on a real interval I of coordinates) is re-examined. A PT-symmetric complex deformation C of I is introduced and shown tractable via an innovated approach to…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Miloslav Znojil

We pick up a solvable ${\cal PT}-$symmetric quantum square well on an interval of $x \in := (-L,L)\mathbb{G}^{(2)}$ (with an $\alpha-$dependent non-Hermiticity given by Robin boundary conditions) and generalize it. In essence, we just…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-01-15 Miloslav Znojil

Exact solvability of the discretized N-point version of the PT-symmetric square-well model is pointed out. Its wave functions are found proportional to the classical Tshebyshev polynomials of a complex argument. At all N a compact secular…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Miloslav Znojil

Within the framework of the recently proposed formalism using non-hermitean Hamiltonians constrained merely by their PT invariance we describe a new exactly solvable family of the harmonic-oscillator-like potentials with non-equidistant…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Miloslav Znojil

The pseudo-perturbation shifted-l expansion technique PSLET is shown applicable in the non-Hermitian PT-symmetric context. The construction of bound states for several PT-symmetric potentials is presented, with special attention paid to…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 Omar Mustafa , Miloslav Znojil

There are various types of infinite potential well problems occurring in elementary quantum mechanics formalism. The infinite square well (one dimensional), cubical box and, spherical well are quite common in textbooks. In this paper, we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-05-19 Pratik Adarsh , Sabyasachi Ghosh

Discrete multiparametric 1D quantum well with PT-symmetric long-range boundary conditions is proposed and studied. As a nonlocal descendant of the square well families endowed with Dirac (i.e., Hermitian) and with complex Robin (i.e.,…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-07-16 Miloslav Znojil

Extending the supersymmetric method proposed by Tkachuk to the complex domain, we obtain general expressions for superpotentials allowing generation of quasi-exactly solvable PT-symmetric potentials with two known real eigenvalues (the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 B. Bagchi , C. Quesne