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arXiv:quant-ph/9911104 · Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General

A newPT-symmetric complex Hamiltonian with a real spectrum

Bijan Kumar Bagchi, Rajkumar Roychoudhury

Published Dec 15, 1999• 136 citations
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Abstract

We construct an isospectrum system in terms of a real and a complex potential to show that the underlying PT -symmetric complex Hamiltonian possesses a real spectrum which is shared by its real partner.
DOI
10.1088/0305-4470/33/1/101

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