Two- and four-dimensional representations of the PT- and CPT-symmetric fermionic algebras

DOI10.1103/PHYSREVA.97.032128arXiv1803.10034MaRDI QIDQ6299641FDOQ6299641

S. P. Klevansky, Carl M. Bender, Alireza Beygi

Publication date: 27 March 2018

Abstract: Fermionic systems differ from their bosonic counterparts, the main difference with regard to symmetry considerations being that

T^{2} = - 1

for fermionic systems. In PT-symmetric quantum mechanics an operator has both PT and CPT adjoints. Fermionic operators

e t a

, which are quadratically nilpotent (

e t a^{2} = 0

), and algebras with PT and CPT adjoints can be constructed. These algebras obey different anticommutation relations:

e t a e t a^{P T} + e t a^{P T} e t a = - 1

, where

e t a^{P T}

is the PT adjoint of

e t a

, and

e t a e t a^{C P T} + e t a^{C P T} e t a = 1

, where

e t a^{C P T}

is the CPT adjoint of

e t a

. This paper presents matrix representations for the operator

e t a

and its PT and CPT adjoints in two and four dimensions. A PT-symmetric second-quantized Hamiltonian modeled on quantum electrodynamics that describes a system of interacting fermions and bosons is constructed within this framework and is solved exactly.

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