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arXiv:1502.06102

PT-symmetry and Schrödinger operators. The double well case

Nawal Mecherout, Naima Boussekkine, Thierry Ramond, Johannes Sjöstrand

Published Feb 21, 2015• 4 citations
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Abstract

We study a class of PT-symmetric semiclassical Schrödinger operators, which are perturbations of a selfadjoint one. Here, we treat the case where the unperturbed operator has a double-well potential. In the simple well case, two of the authors have proved in \cite{BoMe14} that, when the potential is analytic, the eigenvalues stay real for a perturbation of size O(1). We show here, in the double-well case, that the eigenvalues stay real only for exponentially small perturbations, then bifurcate into the complex domain when the perturbation increases and we get precise asymptotic expansions. The proof uses complex WKB-analysis, leading to a fairly explicit quantization condition.

DOI
10.48550/arxiv.1502.06102

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