Classical trajectories for complex Hamiltonians

DOI10.1088/0305-4470/39/16/009MaRDI QIDQ5290724zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Jun-Hua Chen, Daniel W. Darg, Kimball A. Milton, Carl M. Bender

Publication date 3 May 2006

Published in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0602040

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hamilton's equations (70H05) Foundations, quantum information and its processing, quantum axioms, and philosophy (81P99) Selfadjoint operator theory in quantum theory, including spectral analysis (81Q10) General quantum mechanics and problems of quantization (81S99)

Abstract: It has been found that complex non-Hermitian quantum-mechanical Hamiltonians may have entirely real spectra and generate unitary time evolution if they possess an unbroken $cPcT$ symmetry. A well-studied class of such Hamiltonians is $H=p^2+x^2(ix{)}^{e}psilon$ ($epsilongeq0$). This paper examines the underlying classical theory. Specifically, it explores the possible trajectories of a classical particle that is governed by this class of Hamiltonians. These trajectories exhibit an extraordinarily rich and elaborate structure that depends sensitively on the value of the parameter $epsilon$ and on the initial conditions. A system for classifying complex orbits is presented.

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