Non-Hermitian Hamiltonians in field theory

This thesis is centred around the role of non-Hermitian Hamiltonians in Physics both at the quantum and classical levels. In our investigations of two-level models we demonstrate [1] the phenomenon of fast transitions developed in the PT -symmetric quantum brachistochrone problem may in fact be attr...

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Main Author: Assis, Paulo
Published: City University London 2009
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.512011