Comment on : C,PT,CPT invariance of pseudo-Hermitian Hamiltonians [Z.Ahmed arXiv:quant-ph/0302141v1]

Biswanath Rath

Published Jul 9, 2019• 0 citations

Abstract

We notice that the unnormalised wave functions reflected in the paper [arXiv:quant-ph/0302141] fail to satisfy the appropriate eigenvalue relations . Further the C-symmetry operator presented in the paper also fails to satisfy the appropriate commutation relation i.e [H, C] 6 = 0 . However we correctly represent above points.

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