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We prove the reality of the perturbed eigenvalues of some PT symmetric Hamiltonians of physical interest by means of stability methods. In particular we study 2-dimensional generalized harmonic oscillators with polynomial perturbation and…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2010-01-21 Emanuela Caliceti , Francesco Cannata , Sandro Graffi

An N-dimensional position-dependent mass Hamiltonian (depending on a parameter \lambda) formed by a curved kinetic term and an intrinsic oscillator potential is considered. It is shown that such a Hamiltonian is exactly solvable for any…

Matrix quasi exactly solvable operators are considered and new conditions are determined to test whether a matrix differential operator possesses one or several finite dimensional invariant vector spaces. New examples of $2\times 2$-matrix…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 Y. Brihaye , Ancilla Nininahazwe , Bhabani Prasad Mandal

This paper extends the property of interlacing of the zeros of eigenfunctions in Hermitian systems to the topological property of winding number in non-Hermitian systems. Just as the number of nodes of each eigenfunction in a self-adjoint…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2018-01-17 Stella T. Schindler , Carl M. Bender

The family of complex PT-symmetric sextic potentials is studied to show that for various cases the system is essentially quasi-solvable and possesses real, discrete energy eigenvalues. For a particular choice of parameters, we find that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-06 B. Bagchi , F. Cannata , C. Quesne

We analyze several non-Hermitian Hamiltonians with antiunitary symmetry from the point of view of their point-group symmetry. It enables us to predict the degeneracy of the energy levels and to reduce the dimension of the matrices necessary…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-17 Francisco M. Fernández , Javier Garcia

A consistent physical theory of quantum mechanics can be built on a complex Hamiltonian that is not Hermitian but instead satisfies the physical condition of space-time reflection symmetry (PT symmetry). Thus, there are infinitely many new…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 Carl M. Bender , Dorje C. Brody , Hugh F. Jones

We give two characterization theorems for pseudo-Hermitian (possibly nondiagonalizable) Hamiltonians with a discrete spectrum that admit a block-diagonalization with finite-dimensional diagonal blocks. In particular, we prove that for such…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Ali Mostafazadeh

Two non-Hermitian PT-symmetric Hamiltonian systems are reconsidered by means of the algebraic method which was originally proposed for the pseudo-Hermitian Hamiltonian systems rather than for the PT-symmetric ones. Compared with the way…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-01-17 Jun-Qing Li , Qian Li , Yan-Gang Miao

In a recent paper it was shown that if a Hamiltonian H has an unbroken PT symmetry, then it also possesses a hidden symmetry represented by the linear operator C. The operator C commutes with both H and PT. The inner product with respect to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Carl M. Bender , Peter N. Meisinger , Qinghai Wang

We study the properties of two-dimensional conformal field theories (CFTs) with sine-square deformation (SSD). We show that there are no eigenstates of finite norm for the Hamiltonian of a unitary CFT with SSD, except for the zero-energy…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2017-12-27 Shota Tamura , Hosho Katsura

The Hamiltonian reggeon acting in Bargmann space is non-Hermitian with respect to the standard scalar product associated to Bargmann space. Hence the question arises, whether the eigenfunctions by the finite norm condition form a complete…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2021-04-02 A. Intissar

The potential -x^4, which is unbounded below on the real line, can give rise to a well-posed bound state problem when x is taken on a contour in the lower-half complex plane. It is then PT-symmetric rather than Hermitian. Nonetheless it has…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 H. F. Jones , J. Mateo

The eigenvalue problem of the spherically symmetric oscillator Hamiltonian is revisited in the context of canonical raising and lowering operators. The Hamiltonian is then factorized in terms of two not mutually adjoint factorizing…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-02-26 Ivan Cabrera-Munguia , Oscar Rosas-Ortiz

Non-Hermitian PT-symmetric quantum-mechanical Hamiltonians generally exhibit a phase transition that separates two parametric regions, (i) a region of unbroken PT symmetry in which the eigenvalues are all real, and (ii) a region of broken…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-10-11 Carl M. Bender , David J. Weir

The generalized Sinh-Gordon potential is solved within quantum Hamiltonian Jacobi approach in the framework of PT symmetry. The quasi exact solutions of energy eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of the generalized Sinh-Gordon potential are…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Ozlem Yesiltas , S. Bilge Ocak

A new proof is given for why the non-Hermitian, PT-Invariant cubic oscillator with imaginary coupling has real eigenvalues. The proof consists of two steps. In the first step, it is shown that for many PT-Invariant Hamiltonians, one can…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-10-28 Scott Chapman

We discuss a PT-symmetric Hamiltonian with complex eigenvalues. It is based on the dimensionless Schr\"{o}dinger equation for a particle in a square box with the PT-symmetric potential $V(x,y)=iaxy$. Perturbation theory clearly shows that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-17 Francisco M Fernández , Javier Garcia

We propose a noncommutative version of the Euclidean Lie algebra $E_2$. Several types of non-Hermitian Hamiltonian systems expressed in terms of generic combinations of the generators of this algebra are investigated. Using the breakdown of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-10-16 Sanjib Dey , Andreas Fring , Thilagarajah Mathanaranjan

A Hamiltonian is said to be quasi-exactly solvable (QES) if some of the energy levels and the corresponding eigenfunctions can be calculated exactly and in closed form. An entirely new class of QES Hamiltonians having sextic polynomial…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Carl M. Bender , Maria Monou