Third-order spectral branch points in Krein space related setups: PT-symmetric matrix toy model, MHD ^2-dynamo and extended Squire equation

DOI10.1007/S10582-005-0113-ZzbMATH Open1465.81025arXivmath-ph/0506021OpenAlexW3125326655WikidataQ61954494 ScholiaQ61954494MaRDI QIDQ5000484FDOQ5000484

Authors: Uwe Günther, Frank Stefani 

Publication date: 14 July 2021

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

Abstract: The spectra of self-adjoint operators in Krein spaces are known to possess real sectors as well as sectors of pair-wise complex conjugate eigenvalues. Transitions from one spectral sector to the other are a rather generic feature and they usually occur at exceptional points of square root branching type. For certain parameter configurations two or more such exceptional points may happen to coalesce and to form a higher order branch point. We study the coalescence of two square root branch points semi-analytically for a PT-symmetric 4x4 matrix toy model and illustrate numerically its occurrence in the spectrum of the 2x2 operator matrix of the magnetohydrodynamic alpha^2-dynamo and of an extended version of the hydrodynamic Squire equation.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0506021

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zbMATH Keywords

Krein spacebranch pointsdiscrete symmetriesJordan structurelevel crossingsnon-Hermitian operatorsSquire equationMHD dynamo

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Selfadjoint operator theory in quantum theory, including spectral analysis (81Q10)

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