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Bound states of PT-symmetric separable potentials

High Energy Physics - Theory 2013-05-29 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP Quantum Physics

Abstract

All of the PT-symmetric potentials that have been studied so far have been local. In this paper nonlocal PT-symmetric separable potentials of the form V(x,y)=iϵ[U(x)U(y)U(x)U(y)]V(x,y)=i\epsilon[U(x)U(y)-U(-x)U(-y)], where U(x)U(x) is real, are examined. Two specific models are examined. In each case it is shown that there is a parametric region of the coupling strength ϵ\epsilon for which the PT symmetry of the Hamiltonian is unbroken and the bound-state energies are real. The critical values of ϵ\epsilon that bound this region are calculated.

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@article{arxiv.1107.2293,
  title  = {Bound states of PT-symmetric separable potentials},
  author = {Carl M. Bender and Hugh F. Jones},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1107.2293},
  year   = {2013}
}

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10 pages, 3 figures

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