Anti-$\mathcal{PT}$ symmetry for a non-Hermitian Hamiltonian
Author(s) -
Mustapha Maamache,
Linda Kheniche
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
progress of theoretical and experimental physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.887
H-Index - 53
ISSN - 2050-3911
DOI - 10.1093/ptep/ptaa143
Subject(s) - physics , hermitian matrix , hamiltonian (control theory) , eigenfunction , mathematical physics , eigenvalues and eigenvectors , orthonormal basis , unitary state , complex conjugate , operator (biology) , quantum mechanics , mathematical analysis , mathematics , mathematical optimization , biochemistry , chemistry , repressor , political science , transcription factor , law , gene
Anti-$\mathcal{PT}$ symmetry, $(\mathcal{PT})H=-H(\mathcal{PT})$, is a plausible variant of $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetry. Of particular interest is the situation when all the eigenstates of an anti-$\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric non-Hermitian Hamiltonian $H$ are also eigenstates of the $\mathcal{PT}$ operator; then, the quasi-energies are purely imaginary, which implies that the Hermitian conjugate $H^{+}=-H$, and thus they are connected via the relation $(\mathcal{PT})H=H^{+}\mathcal{PT}$, similar to the quasi-Hermiticity relation. Therefore, the eigenfunctions of the anti-$\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric $H$ form a complete orthonormal set with positive definite norms, and moreover the time evolution is unitary.
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