Acta Polytechnica

Swanson Hamiltonian revisited through the complex scaling method

M. Reboiro, Romina Ramírez, Viviano Fernández

Published Feb 28, 2022• 4 citations

Abstract

In this work, we study the non-hermitian PT-symmetry Swanson Hamiltonian in the framework of the Complex Scaling Method. We show that by applying this method we can work with eigenfunctions that are square-integrable both in the PT and in the non-PT symmetry phase.

DOI: 10.14311/ap.2022.62.0157

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