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Physics of Atomic Nuclei

Construction of the metric and equivalent Hermitian Hamiltonian via SUSY transformation operators

V. V. Shamshutdinova

Published Oct 1, 2012• 1 citation
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Abstract

The metric operator, which is the basic ingredient for studying a quantum system described by a pseudo-Hermitian Hamiltonian, provides the necessary means for obtaining an equivalent description of the system using a Hermitian Hamiltonian. In the framework of supersymmetric quantum mechanics, we propose a method of constructing the metric operator and to obtain the Hermitian Hamiltonian equivalent to the given pseudo-Hermitian.

DOI
10.1134/s1063778812100183

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