Investigation of non-Hermitian Hamiltonians in the Heisenberg picture

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETA.2016.03.035zbMATH Open1360.81225arXiv1212.6705OpenAlexW2307656381WikidataQ114141713 ScholiaQ114141713MaRDI QIDQ526372FDOQ526372

Authors: Yan-Gang Miao, Zhen-Ming Xu 

Publication date: 10 May 2017

Published in: Physics Letters. A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The Heisenberg picture for non-Hermitian but $eta$-pseudo-Hermitian Hamiltonian systems is suggested. If a non-Hermitian but $eta$-pseudo-Hermitian Hamiltonian leads to real second order equations of motion, though their first order Heisenberg equations of motion are complex, we can construct a Hermitian counterpart that gives the same second order equations of motion. In terms of a similarity transformation we verify the iso-spectral property of the Hermitian and non-Hermitian Hamiltonians and obtain the related eigenfunctions. This feature can be used to determine real eigenvalues for such non-Hermitian Hamiltonian systems. As an application, two new non-Hermitian Hamiltonians are constructed and investigated, where one is non-Hermitian and non-PT-symmetric and the other is non-Hermitian but PT-symmetric. Moreover, the complementarity and compatibility between our treatment and the PT symmetry are discussed.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1212.6705

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zbMATH Keywords

\(\eta\)-pseudo-Hermiticitynon-Hermiticityreal eigenvaluereal equation of motion

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Alternative quantum mechanics (including hidden variables, etc.) (81Q65) Operator algebra methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81R15) Open systems, reduced dynamics, master equations, decoherence (81S22)

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