Non-Hermitian systems of Euclidean Lie algebraic type with real energy spectra

DOI10.1016/J.AOP.2014.04.002zbMATH Open1342.81132arXiv1401.4426OpenAlexW3103925916MaRDI QIDQ530775FDOQ530775

Authors: Sanjib Dey, Andreas Fring, Thilagarajah Mathanaranjan 

Publication date: 1 August 2016

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

Abstract: We study several classes of non-Hermitian Hamiltonian systems, which can be expressed in terms of bilinear combinations of Euclidean Lie algebraic generators. The classes are distinguished by different versions of antilinear (PT)-symmetries exhibiting various types of qualitative behaviour. On the basis of explicitly computed non-perturbative Dyson maps we construct metric operators, isospectral Hermitian counterparts for which we solve the corresponding time-independent Schroedinger equation for specific choices of the coupling constants. In these cases general analytical expressions for the solutions are obtained in the form of Mathieu functions, which we analyze numerically to obtain the corresponding energy eigenspectra. We identify regions in the parameter space for which the corresponding spectra are entirely real and also domains where the PT symmetry is spontaneously broken and sometimes also regained at exceptional points. In some cases it is shown explicitly how the threshold region from real to complex spectra is characterized by the breakdown of the Dyson maps or the metric operator. We establish the explicit relationship to models currently under investigation in the context of beam dynamics in optical lattices.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1401.4426

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zbMATH Keywords

optical latticesquasi-exactly solvable modelseuclidean algebrasMathieu equationsPT-symmetric non-Hermitian systems

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonselfadjoint operator theory in quantum theory including creation and destruction operators (81Q12) Finite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics and their representations (81R05) Symmetry breaking in quantum theory (81R40) Special quantum systems, such as solvable systems (81Q80)

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