Discrete quantum square well of the first kind

preprint2011arXivOpen access

Abstract

A toy-model quantum system is proposed. At a given integer NN it is defined by the pair of NN by NN real matrices (H,Θ)(H,Θ) of which the first item HH specifies an elementary, diagonalizable non-Hermitian Hamiltonian H≠H†H \neq H^\dagger with the real and explicit spectrum given by the zeros of the N−N-th Chebyshev polynomial of the first kind. The second item Θ≠IΘ\neq I must be (and is being) constructed as the related Hilbert-space metric which specifies the (in general, non-unique) physical inner product and which renders our toy-model Hamiltonian selfadjoint, i.e., compatible with the Dieudonne equation H†Θ=Θ HH^\dagger Θ= Θ\,H. The elements of the (in principle, complete) set of the eligible metrics are then constructed in closed band-matrix form. They vary with our choice of the N−N-plet of optional parameters, Θ=Θ(κ⃗)>0Θ=Θ(\vecκ)>0 which must be (and are being) selected as lying in the positivity domain of the metric, κ⃗∈D(physical)\vecκ \in {\cal D}^{(physical)}.

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