In some recent papers, studies on biorthogonal Riesz bases have found renewed motivation because of their connection with pseudo-Hermitian quantum mechanics, which deals with physical systems described by Hamiltonians that are not self-adjoint but may still have real point spectra. Also, their eigenvectors may form Riesz, not necessarily orthonormal, bases for the Hilbert space in which the model is defined. Those Riesz bases allow a decomposition of the Hamiltonian, as already discussed in some previous papers. However, in many physical models, one has to deal not with orthonormal bases or with Riesz bases, but just with biorthogonal sets. Here, we consider the more general concept of G-quasi basis, and we show a series of conditions under which a definition of non-self-adjoint Hamiltonian with purely point real spectra is still possible.

Bagarello, F., Bellomonte, G. (2017). Hamiltonians defined by biorthogonal sets. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. A, MATHEMATICAL AND THEORETICAL, 50(14), 1-21 [10.1088/1751-8121/aa60ff].

Hamiltonians defined by biorthogonal sets

BAGARELLO, Fabio;BELLOMONTE, Giorgia
2017-01-01

Abstract

In some recent papers, studies on biorthogonal Riesz bases have found renewed motivation because of their connection with pseudo-Hermitian quantum mechanics, which deals with physical systems described by Hamiltonians that are not self-adjoint but may still have real point spectra. Also, their eigenvectors may form Riesz, not necessarily orthonormal, bases for the Hilbert space in which the model is defined. Those Riesz bases allow a decomposition of the Hamiltonian, as already discussed in some previous papers. However, in many physical models, one has to deal not with orthonormal bases or with Riesz bases, but just with biorthogonal sets. Here, we consider the more general concept of G-quasi basis, and we show a series of conditions under which a definition of non-self-adjoint Hamiltonian with purely point real spectra is still possible.
2017
Bagarello, F., Bellomonte, G. (2017). Hamiltonians defined by biorthogonal sets. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. A, MATHEMATICAL AND THEORETICAL, 50(14), 1-21 [10.1088/1751-8121/aa60ff].
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