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Unitary quantum evolution for time-dependent quasi-Hermitian systems with non-observable Hamiltonians

Quantum Physics 2016-04-27 v1

Abstract

It has been argued that it is incompatible to maintain unitary time-evolution for time-dependent non-Hermitian Hamiltonians when the metric operator is explicitly time-dependent. We demonstrate here that the time-dependent Dyson equation and the time-dependent quasi-Hermiticity relation can be solved consistently in such a scenario for a time-dependent Dyson map and time-dependent metric operator, respectively. These solutions are obtained at the cost of rendering the non-Hermitian Hamiltonian to be a non-observable operator as it ceases to be quasi-Hermitian when the metric becomes time-dependent.

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@article{arxiv.1511.08092,
  title  = {Unitary quantum evolution for time-dependent quasi-Hermitian systems with non-observable Hamiltonians},
  author = {Andreas Fring and Miled H. Y. Moussa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1511.08092},
  year   = {2016}
}

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10 pages

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