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arxiv: 1611.08286 · v1 · pith:LQPXI2U6new · submitted 2016-11-24 · 🪐 quant-ph

Unitarity of the time-evolution and observability of non-Hermitian Hamiltonians for time-dependent Dyson maps

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keywords hamiltoniantime-dependentdysonnon-hermitianobservabilityensuresequationmetric
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Here we present an strategy for the derivation of a time-dependent Dyson map which ensures simultaneously the unitarity of the time evolution and the observability of a quasi-Hermitian Hamiltonian. The time-dependent Dyson map is derived through a constructed Schr\"{o}dinger-like equation governed by the non-Hermitian Hamiltonian itself; despite its time-dependence our scheme ensures the time-independence of the metric operator, a necessary condition for the observability of the quasi-Hermitian Hamiltonian. As an illustrative example we consider a driven Harmonic oscillator described by a time-dependent non-Hermitian Hamiltonian. After computing the Dyson map and demonstrating the time-independence of the associated metric operator, we successfully derive an eigenvalue equation for this time-dependent Hamiltonian which enable us to analyze the $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetry breaking process.

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