SUSY quantum mechanics with complex superpotentials and real energy spectra

Citation
Aa. Andrianov et al., SUSY quantum mechanics with complex superpotentials and real energy spectra, INT J MOD P, 14(17), 1999, pp. 2675-2688
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS A
ISSN journal
0217751X → ACNP
Volume
14
Issue
17
Year of publication
1999
Pages
2675 - 2688
Database
ISI
SICI code
0217-751X(19990710)14:17<2675:SQMWCS>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
We extend the standard intertwining relations used in supersymmetrical (SUS Y) quantum mechanics which involve real superpotentials to complex superpot entials. This allows us to deal with a large class of non-Hermitian Hamilto nians and to study in general the isospectrality between complex potentials . In very specific cases we can construct in a natural way "quasscomppex" p otentials which we define as complex potentials having a global property so as to lead to a Hamiltonian with real spectrum. We also obtained a class o f complex transparent potentials whose Hamiltonian can be intertwined to a free Hamiltonian. We provide a variety of examples both for the radial prob lem (half axis) and for the standard one-dimensional problem (the whole axi s), including remarks concerning scattering problems.