Dirichlet spectra of the paradigm model of complex PT-symmetric potential: V(x)=-(ix)^N

DOI10.1016/J.AOP.2017.06.015zbMATH Open1373.81237arXiv1606.04757OpenAlexW3101747800MaRDI QIDQ1674487FDOQ1674487

Authors: Zafar Ahmed, Sachin Kumar, Dhruv Sharma 

Publication date: 2 November 2017

Published in: Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: So far the spectra $E_n(N)$ of the paradigm model of complex PT(Parity-Time)-symmetric potential $V_{BB}(x,N)=-(ix{)}^N$ is known to be analytically continued for $N>4$. Consequently, the well known eigenvalues of the Hermitian cases ($N=6,10$) cannot be recovered. Here, we illustrate Kato's theorem that even if a Hamiltonian $H(lambda)$ is an analytic function of a real parameter $lambda$, its eigenvalues $E_n(lambda)$ may not be analytic at finite number of Isolated Points (IPs). In this light, we present the Dirichlet spectra $E_n(N)$ of $V_{BB}(x,N)$ for $2leN<12$ using the numerical integration of Schr{"o}dinger equation with $psi(x=pminfty)=0$ and the diagonalization of $H=p^2/2mu+V_{BB}(x,N)$ in the harmonic oscillator basis. We show that these real discrete spectra are consistent with the most simple two-turning point CWKB (C refers to complex turning points) method provided we choose the maximal turning points (MxTP) [$-a+ib,a+ib,a,bincalR$] such that $|a|$ is the largest for a given energy among all (multiple) turning points. We find that $E_n(N)$ are continuous function of $N$ but non-analytic (their first derivative is discontinuous) at IPs $N=4,8$; where the Dirichlet spectrum is null (as $V_{BB}$ becomes a Hermitian flat-top potential barrier). At $N=6$ and $10$, $V_{BB}(x,N)$ becomes a Hermitian well and we recover its well known eigenvalues.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1606.04757

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zbMATH Keywords

bound statesDirichlet spectrumKato's isolated pointsnon-analytic spectrum of analytic Hamiltoniansnon-Hermitian complex PT-symmetric potentialssquare integrable eigenstates

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonselfadjoint operator theory in quantum theory including creation and destruction operators (81Q12) Semiclassical techniques, including WKB and Maslov methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81Q20) Groups and algebras in quantum theory and relations with integrable systems (81R12)

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