Two- and four-dimensional representations of the PT- and CPT -symmetric fermionic algebras

Fermionic systems differ from their bosonic counterparts, the main difference with regard to symmetry considerations being that T2=−1 for fermionic systems. In PT-symmetric quantum mechanics an operator has both PT and CPT adjoints. Fermionic operators η, which are quadratically nilpotent (η2=0), an...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
Hauptverfasser: Beygi, Alireza (VerfasserIn) , Klevansky, Sandra Pamela (VerfasserIn) , Bender, Carl M. (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 28 March 2018
In: Physical review
Year: 2018, Jahrgang: 97, Heft: 3
ISSN:2469-9934
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevA.97.032128
Online-Zugang:Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.97.032128
Verlag, Volltext: https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.97.032128
Volltext
Verfasserangaben:Alireza Beygi, S.P. Klevansky, and Carl M. Bender
Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:Fermionic systems differ from their bosonic counterparts, the main difference with regard to symmetry considerations being that T2=−1 for fermionic systems. In PT-symmetric quantum mechanics an operator has both PT and CPT adjoints. Fermionic operators η, which are quadratically nilpotent (η2=0), and algebras with PT and CPT adjoints can be constructed. These algebras obey different anticommutation relations: ηηPT+ηPTη=−1, where ηPT is the PT adjoint of η, and ηηCPT+ηCPTη=1, where ηCPT is the CPT adjoint of η. This paper presents matrix representations for the operator η and its PT and CPT adjoints in two and four dimensions. A PT-symmetric second-quantized Hamiltonian modeled on quantum electrodynamics that describes a system of interacting fermions and bosons is constructed within this framework and is solved exactly.
Beschreibung:Gesehen am 05.11.2020
Beschreibung:Online Resource
ISSN:2469-9934
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevA.97.032128