Krein-space formulation of PT symmetry, CPT-inner products, and pseudo-Hermiticity

DOI10.1007/S10582-006-0388-8zbMATH Open1118.81030arXivquant-ph/0606173OpenAlexW1495158145MaRDI QIDQ871889FDOQ871889

Ali Mostafazadeh

Publication date: 27 March 2007

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

Abstract: Emphasizing the physical constraints on the formulation of a quantum theory based on the standard measurement axiom and the Schroedinger equation, we comment on some conceptual issues arising in the formulation of PT-symmetric quantum mechanics. In particular, we elaborate on the requirements of the boundedness of the metric operator and the diagonalizability of the Hamiltonian. We also provide an accessible account of a Krein-space derivation of the CPT-inner product that was widely known to mathematicians since 1950's. We show how this derivation is linked with the pseudo-Hermitian formulation of PT-symmetric quantum mechanics.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0606173

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zbMATH Keywords

metricRiesz basisKrein spacediagonalizable operator

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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