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arXiv:1112.0087 · International Journal of Modern Physics A

${\mathcal N}$-FOLD SUPERSYMMETRIC QUANTUM MECHANICS WITH REFLECTIONS

TOSHIAKI TANAKA

Published Jul 26, 2012• 8 citations
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Abstract

We formulate [Formula: see text]-fold supersymmetry in quantum mechanical systems with reflection operators. As in the cases of other systems, they possess the two significant characters of [Formula: see text]-fold supersymmetry, namely, almost isospectrality and weak quasi-solvability. We construct explicitly the most general one- and two-fold supersymmetric quantum mechanical systems with reflections. In the case of [Formula: see text], we find that there are seven inequivalent such systems, three of which are characterized by three arbitrary functions having definite parity while the other four characterized by two arbitrary functions. In addition, four of the seven inequivalent systems do not reduce to ordinary quantum systems without reflections. Furthermore, in certain particular cases, they are essentially equivalent to the most general two-by-two Hermitian matrix two-fold supersymmetric quantum systems obtained previously by us.

DOI
10.1142/s0217751x12501023

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N{\mathcal N}N-FOLD SUPERSYMMETRIC QUANTUM MECHANICS WITH REFLECTIONS
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