arXiv:quant-ph/0508073 · Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General

Pseudo-Hermiticity and some consequences of a generalized quantum condition

Bijan Kumar Bagchi, C. Quesne, Rajkumar Roychoudhury

Published Sep 21, 2005• 52 citations

Abstract

We exploit the hidden symmetry structure of a recently proposed non-Hermitian Hamiltonian and of its Hermitian equivalent one. This sheds new light on the pseudo-Hermitian character of the former and allows access to a generalized quantum condition. Special cases lead to hyperbolic and Morse-like potentials in the framework of a coordinate-dependent mass model.

DOI: 10.1088/0305-4470/38/40/l01

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