Unitary quantum evolution for time-dependent quasi-Hermitian systems with nonobservable Hamiltonians

Andreas Fring and Miled H. Y. Moussa
Phys. Rev. A 93, 042114 – Published 20 April 2016

Abstract

It has been argued that it is incompatible to maintain unitary time evolution for time-dependent non-Hermitian Hamiltonians when the metric operator is explicitly time dependent. We demonstrate here that the time-dependent Dyson equation and the time-dependent quasi-Hermiticity relation can be solved consistently in such a scenario for a time-dependent Dyson map and time-dependent metric operator, respectively. These solutions are obtained at the cost of rendering the non-Hermitian Hamiltonian to be a nonobservable operator as it ceases to be quasi-Hermitian when the metric becomes time dependent.

  • Received 4 December 2015

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.93.042114

©2016 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Atomic, Molecular & Optical

Authors & Affiliations

Andreas Fring1,* and Miled H. Y. Moussa2,1,†

  • 1Department of Mathematics, City University London, Northampton Square, London EC1V 0HB, United Kingdom
  • 2Instituto de Física de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, Caixa Postal 369, 13560-970, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil

  • *a.fring@city.ac.uk
  • miled@ifsc.usp.br

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Vol. 93, Iss. 4 — April 2016

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