Complex WKB analysis of a -symmetric eigenvalue problem

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/40/33/023MaRDI QIDQ5757670zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Mark Sorrell

Publication date 7 September 2007

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0703030

zbMATH Keywords

\(\mathcal PT\)-symmetric operatorcomplex WKB methodquantization conditions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Particular ordinary differential operators (Dirac, one-dimensional Schrödinger, etc.) (34L40) Stokes phenomena and connection problems (linear and nonlinear) for ordinary differential equations in the complex domain (34M40) Semiclassical techniques, including WKB and Maslov methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81Q20)

Abstract: The spectra of a particular class of PT symmetric eigenvalue problems has previously been studied, and found to have an extremely rich structure. In this paper we present an explanation for these spectral properties in terms of quantisation conditions obtained from the complex WKB method. In particular, we consider the relation of the quantisation conditions to the reality and positivity properties of the eigenvalues. The methods are also used to examine further the pattern of eigenvalue degeneracies observed by Dorey et al. in [1,2].

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