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Equivalent Hermitian operator from supersymmetric quantum mechanics

Mathematical Physics 2010-04-14 v2 math.MP Quantum Physics

Abstract

Diagonalizable pseudo-Hermitian Hamiltonians with real and discrete spectra, which are superpartners of Hermitian Hamiltonians, must be η\eta-pseudo-Hermitian with Hermitian, positive-definite and non-singular η\eta operators. We show that despite the fact that an η\eta operator produced by a supersymmetric transformation, corresponding to the exact supersymmetry, is singular, it can be used to find the eigenfunctions of a Hermitian operator equivalent to the given pseudo-Hermitian Hamiltonian. Once the eigenfunctions of the Hermitian operator are found the operator may be reconstructed with the help of the spectral decomposition.

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@article{arxiv.0909.3664,
  title  = {Equivalent Hermitian operator from supersymmetric quantum mechanics},
  author = {Boris F. Samsonov and V. V. Shamshutdinova and A. V. Osipov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0909.3664},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

9 pages; revised formula (14), published version with erratum

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