Algebraic treatment of non-Hermitian quadratic Hamiltonians

DOI10.1007/S10910-020-01165-8zbMATH Open1448.81323arXiv1605.01662OpenAlexW3083724980WikidataQ114225653 ScholiaQ114225653MaRDI QIDQ2201047FDOQ2201047

Francisco M. Fernández

Publication date: 24 September 2020

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Chemistry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We generalize a recently proposed algebraic method in order to treat non-Hermitian Hamiltonians. The approach is applied to several quadratic Hamiltonians studied earlier by other authors. Instead of solving the Schr"odinger equation we simply obtain the eigenvalues of a suitable matrix representation of the operator. We take into account the existence of unitary and antiunitary symmetries in the quantum-mechanical problem.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1605.01662

zbMATH Keywords

quadratic Hamiltonianexceptional pointalgebraic methodadjoint matrixunitary symmetryantiunitary symmetry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Eigenvalues, singular values, and eigenvectors (15A18) Applications of Lie groups to the sciences; explicit representations (22E70) General (adjoints, conjugates, products, inverses, domains, ranges, etc.) (47A05) Nonselfadjoint operator theory in quantum theory including creation and destruction operators (81Q12) Finite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics and their representations (81R05) Operator algebra methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81R15)

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