A physical interpretation for the non-Hermitian Hamiltonian

作者:Jin L*; Song Z
来源:Journal of Physics A-Mathematical and Theoretical, 2011, 44(37): 375304.
DOI:10.1088/1751-8113/44/37/375304

摘要

We explore a way of finding the link between a non-Hermitian Hamiltonian and a Hermitian one. Based on the analysis of Bethe ansatz solutions for a class of non-Hermitian Hamiltonians and the scattering problems for the corresponding Hermitian Hamiltonians, it is shown that a scattering state of an arbitrary Hermitian lattice embedded in a chain as the scattering center shares the same wavefunction with the corresponding non-Hermitian tight binding lattice, which consists of the Hermitian lattice with two additional on-site complex potentials, no matter whether the non-Hermitian is broken PT symmetry or even non-PT symmetry. Exactly solvable models are presented to demonstrate the main points of this paper.