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It is shown that the standard formulation of quantum mechanics in terms of Hermitian Hamiltonians is overly restrictive. A consistent physical theory of quantum mechanics can be built on a complex Hamiltonian that is not Hermitian but…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-12-18 Carl M. Bender , Dorje C. Brody , Hugh F. Jones

A possible method to investigate non-Hermitian Hamiltonians is suggested through finding a Hermitian operator $\eta_+$ and defining the annihilation and creation operators to be $\eta_+$-pseudo-Hermitian adjoint to each other. The operator…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-06-06 Jun-Qing Li , Yan-Gang Miao , Zhao Xue

We propose and explore a scheme that leads to an infinite series of time- dependent Dyson maps which associate different Hermitian Hamiltonians to a uniquely specified time-dependent non-Hermitian Hamiltonian. We identify the underlying…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-11-05 Andreas Fring , Rebecca Tenney

Aim of this paper is to show the possible significance, and usefulness, of various non-selfadjoint operators for suitable Observables in non relativistic and relativistic quantum mechanics, and in quantum electrodynamics. More specifically,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-05-10 Erasmo Recami , Vladislav S. Olkhovsky , Sergei P. Maydanyuk

We provide further non-trivial solutions to the recently proposed time-dependent Dyson and quasi-Hermiticity relation. Here we solve them for the generalized version of the non-Hermitian Swanson Hamiltonian with time-dependent coefficients.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-11-02 Andreas Fring , Miled H. Y. Moussa

We propose time-dependent Darboux (supersymmetric) transformations that provide a scheme for the calculation of explicitly time-dependent solvable non-Hermitian partner Hamiltonians. Together with two Hermitian Hamilitonians the latter form…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-02-26 Julia Cen , Andreas Fring , Thomas Frith

Couplings of a system to other degrees of freedom (that is, environmental degrees of freedom) lead to energy dissipation when the number of environmental degrees of freedom is large enough. Here we discuss quantal treatments for such energy…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-11-20 M. Tokieda , K. Hagino

In this work we address systems described by time-dependent non-Hermitian Hamiltonians under time-dependent Dyson maps. We shown that when starting from a given time-dependent non-Hermitian Hamiltonian which is not itself an observable, an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-03-07 F. S. Luiz , M. A. de Ponte , M. H. Y. Moussa

We elaborate further on the metric representation that is obtained by transferring the time-dependence from a Hermitian Hamiltonian to the metric operator in a related non-Hermitian system. We provide further insight into the procedure on…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-02-16 Andreas Fring , Thomas Frith

Simulation and analysis of multidimensional dynamics of a quantum non-Hmeritian system is a challenging problem. Gaussian wavepacket dynamics has proven to be an intuitive semiclassical approach to approximately solving the dynamics of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-01-31 Amartya Bose

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

In analogy with conventional quantum mechanics, non-commutative quantum mechanics is formulated as a quantum system on the Hilbert space of Hilbert-Schmidt operators acting on non-commutative configuration space. It is argued that the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-04-17 F G Scholtz , L Gouba , A Hafver , C M Rohwer

Linear Hamiltonian systems with time-dependent coefficients are of importance to nonlinear Hamiltonian systems, accelerator physics, plasma physics, and quantum physics. It is shown that the solution map of a linear Hamiltonian system with…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-12-12 Hong Qin

Quantum hydrodynamics is a formulation of quantum mechanics based on the probability density and flux (current) density of a quantum system. It can be used to define trajectories which allow for a particle-based interpretation of quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-12-02 Axel Schild

Existing approaches to analogue quantum simulations of time-dependent quantum systems rely on perturbative corrections to quantum simulations of time-independent quantum systems. We overcome this restriction to perturbative treatments with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-02-13 Boyuan Shi , Florian Mintert

Effective Hamiltonians are often used in quantum physics, both in time dependent and time independent contexts. Analogies are drawn between the two usages, the discussion framed particularly for the geometric phase of a time-dependent…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 A. R. P. Rau , D. Uskov

In principle, non-Hermitian quantum equations of motion can be formulated using as a starting point either the Heisenberg's or the Schr\"odinger's picture of quantum dynamics. Here it is shown in both cases how to map the algebra of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-02-07 Alessandro Sergi

Explicitly time-dependent pseudo-Hermitian (TDPH) invariants theory systems, with a time-dependent (TD) metric, is developed for a time-dependent non Hermitian (TDNH) quantum systems. We derive a simple relation between the eigenstates of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-05-19 Mustapha Maamache , Oum Kaltoum Djeghiour , Naima Mana , Walid Koussa

The physics of systems that cannot be described by a Hermitian Hamiltonian, has been attracting a great deal of attention in recent years, motivated by their nontrivial responses and by a plethora of applications for sensing, lasing, energy…

Optics · Physics 2021-03-16 Alex Krasnok , Nikita Nefedkin , Andrea Alu

We present a Lie algebraic approach to a Hamiltonian class covering driven, parametric quantum harmonic oscillators where the parameter set -- mass, frequency, driving strength, and parametric pumping -- is time-dependent. Our…