Detecting broken -symmetry

DOI10.1088/0305-4470/39/32/S22zbMATH Open1117.81081arXivquant-ph/0602141OpenAlexW147713296WikidataQ62045676 ScholiaQ62045676MaRDI QIDQ5485517FDOQ5485517

Authors: Stefan Weigert 

Publication date: 30 August 2006

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A fundamental problem in the theory of PT-invariant quantum systems is to determine whether a given system `respects' this symmetry or not. If not, the system usually develops non-real eigenvalues. It is shown in this contribution how to algorithmically detect the existence of complex eigenvalues for a given PT-symmetric matrix. The procedure uses classical results from stability theory which qualitatively locate the zeros of real polynomials in the complex plane. The interest and value of the present approach lies in the fact that it avoids diagonalization of the Hamiltonian at hand.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0602141

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Symmetry breaking in quantum theory (81R40)

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