Conserved correlation in PT-symmetric systems: scattering and bound states

DOI10.1016/J.AOP.2013.01.002MaRDI QIDQ1947950zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Kumar Abhinav, Prasanta K. Panigrahi, A. M. Jayannavar

Publication date 29 April 2013

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1109.3113

zbMATH Keywords

\(\mathcal{PT}\)-symmetryanti-linear operators

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics (81Q05) Selfadjoint operator theory in quantum theory, including spectral analysis (81Q10) Symmetry breaking in quantum theory (81R40) (2)-body potential quantum scattering theory (81U05) (S)-matrix theory, etc. in quantum theory (81U20)

Abstract: For one-dimensional PT -symmetric systems, it is observed that the non-local product obtained from the continuity equation can be interpreted as a conserved corre- lation function. This leads to physical conclusions, regarding both discrete and continuum states of such systems. Asymptotic states are shown to have necessarily broken PT -symmetry, leading to modified scattering and transfer matrices. This yields restricted boundary conditions, e.g., in- cidence from both sides, analogous to that of the proposed PT CPA laser. The interpretation of left and right states leads to a Hermitian S-matrix, resulting in the non-conservation of the flux. This further satisfies a duality condition, identical to the optical analogues. However, the non-local conserved scalar implements alternate boundary conditions in terms of in and out states, leading to the pseudo-Hermiticity condition in terms of the scattering matrix. Interestingly, when PT -symmetry is preserved, it leads to stationary states with real energy, naturally inter- pretable as bound states. The broken PT -symmetric phase is also captured by this correlation, with complex-conjugate pair of energies, interpreted as resonances.

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