Calculations of time-dependent observables in non-Hermitian quantum mechanics: The problem and a possible solution

Details Calculations of time-dependent observables in non-Hermitian quantum mechanics: The problem and a possible solution Calculations of time-dependent observables in non-Hermitian quantum mechanics: The problem and a possible solution

2005-07-26

arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0507243v1

Physics

Quantum Physics

20 pages, 5 Postscript figures. To be Published in Physical Review A

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevA.72.012117

The solutions of the time independent Schrodinger equation for non-Hermitian (NH) Hamiltonians have been extensively studied and calculated in many different fields of physics by using L^2 methods that originally have been developed for the calculations of bound states. The existing non-Hermitian formalism breaks down when dealing with wavepackets(WP). An open question is how time dependent expectation values can be calculated when the Hamiltonian is NH ? Using the F-product formalism, which was recently proposed, [J. Phys. Chem., 107, 7181 (2003)] we calculate the time dependent expectation values of different observable quantities for a simple well known study test case model Hamiltonian. We carry out a comparison between these results with those obtained from conventional(i.e., Hermitian) quantum mechanics (QM) calculations. The remarkable agreement between these results emphasizes the fact that in the NH-QM, unlike standard QM, there is no need to split the entire space into two regions; i.e., the interaction region and its surrounding. Our results open a door for a type of WP propagation calculations within the NH-QM formalism that until now were impossible.

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