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One-dimensional PT-symmetric quantum-mechanical Hamiltonians having continuous spectra are studied. The Hamiltonians considered have the form $H=p^2+V(x)$, where $V(x)$ is odd in $x$, pure imaginary, and vanishes as $|x|\to\infty$. Five…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-02-12 Zichao Wen , Carl M. Bender

We review the current status of one dimensional periodic potentials and also present several new results. It is shown that using the formalism of supersymmetric quantum mechanics, one can considerably enlarge the limited class of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Avinash Khare , Uday Sukhatme

A general procedure is presented to construct conditionally solvable (CES) potentials using the techniques of supersymmetric quantum mechanics.The method is illustrated with potentials related to the harmonic oscillator problem.Besides…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Geza Levai , Pinaki Roy

Dynamical systems exhibiting both PT and Supersymmetry are analyzed in a general scenario. It is found that, in an appropriate parameter domain, the ground state may or may not respect PT-symmetry. Interestingly, in the domain where…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-11-11 Kumar Abhinav , Prasanta K. Panigrahi

We demonstrate how a certain new form of the quantization condition proposed earlier can be used outside the class of potentials for which this form ensures exact spectra. Taking this form as a base we get an improved interpolating…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-12-22 N. N. Trunov

We characterize the class of probability measures on a compact Kahler manifold such that the associated Monge-Amp\`ere equation has a solution of finite pluricomplex energy. Our results are also valid in the big cohomology class setting.

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2021-06-03 Do Duc Thai , Duc-Viet Vu

We demonstrate that a coherently-prepared four-level atomic medium can provide a versatile platform for realizing parity-time (PT) symmetric optical potentials. Different types of PT-symmetric potentials are proposed by appropriately tuning…

We study closures of conjugacy classes in the symmetric matrices of the orthogonal group and we determine which one are normal varieties. In contrast to the result for the symplectic group where all classes have normal closure, there is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-05-11 Marco Trevisiol

In this work, we provide a complete description of the scattering matrix elements and electron energy spectrum in one dimensional PT-symmetric hybrid finite systems, using the characteristic determinant approach. We present an analytical…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-05 Vladimir Gasparian , Esther Jódar , Antonio Pérez-Garrido

We show that the complex $\cal PT$-symmetric periodic potential $V(x) = - ({\rm i} \xi \sin 2x + N)^2$, where $\xi$ is real and $N$ is a positive integer, is quasi-exactly solvable. For odd values of $N \ge 3$, it may lead to exceptional…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 B. Bagchi , C. Quesne , R. Roychoudhury

Large families of Hamiltonians that are non-Hermitian in the conventional sense have been found to have all eigenvalues real, a fact attributed to an unbroken PT symmetry. The corresponding quantum theories possess an unconventional scalar…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Zafar Ahmed , Carl M. Bender , M. V. Berry

We explicitly carry out the symplectic quantization of a family of multi-field Generalized Proca (GP) electrodynamics theories. In the process, we provide an independent derivation of the so-called secondary constraint enforcing relations…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-05-26 Verónica Errasti Díez , Marina Krstic Marinkovic

This note examines Gross-Pitaevskii equations with PT-symmetric potentials of the Wadati type: $V=-W^2+iW_x$. We formulate a recipe for the construction of Wadati potentials supporting exact localised solutions. The general procedure is…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2016-07-12 I. V. Barashenkov , D. A. Zezyulin , V. V. Konotop

We review the proof of a conjecture concerning the reality of the spectra of certain PT-symmetric quantum mechanical systems, obtained via a connection between the theories of ordinary differential equations and integrable models. Spectral…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 Patrick Dorey , Clare Dunning , Roberto Tateo

We consider a complex periodic PT-symmetric potential of the Kronig-Penney type, in order to elucidate the peculiar properties found by Bender et al. for potentials of the form $V=i(\sin x)^{2N+1}$, and in particular the absence of…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-31 H. F. Jones

Existence of localized modes supported by the PT-symmetric nonlinear lattices is reported. The system considered reveals unusual properties: unlike other typical dissipative systems it possesses families (branches) of solutions, which can…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2011-04-28 Fatkhulla Kh. Abdullaev , Yaroslav V. Kartashov , Vladimir V. Konotop , Dmitry A. Zezyulin

We study the problem of locating spectral singularities of a general complex point interaction with a support at a single point. We also determine the bound states, examine the special cases where the point interaction is P-, T-, and…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2011-10-18 Ali Mostafazadeh

For the one-dimensional nonlinear Schroedinger equations with parity-time (PT) symmetric potentials, it is shown that when a real symmetric potential is perturbed by weak PT-symmetric perturbations, continuous families of asymmetric…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2013-09-09 Jianke Yang

This paper demonstrates that complex PT-symmetric periodic potentials possess real band spectra. However, there are significant qualitative differences in the band structure for these potentials when compared with conventional real periodic…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2011-03-23 Carl M. Bender , Gerald V. Dunne , Peter N. Meisinger

This paper considers hyperbolic wave equations with non-local in time conditions involving integrals with respect to time. It is shown that regularity of the solution can be achieved for complexified problem with integral conditions…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-07-07 Nikolai Dokuchaev