Spectral Singularities, Biorthonormal Systems, and a Two-Parameter Family of Complex Point Interactions

Abstract

A curious feature of complex scattering potentials v(x) is the appearance of spectral singularities. We offer a quantitative description of spectral singularities that identifies them with an obstruction to the existence of a complete biorthonormal system consisting of the eigenfunctions of the Hamiltonian operator, i.e., -\frac{d^2}{dx^2}+v(x), and its adjoint. We establish the equivalence of this description with the mathematicians' definition of spectral singularities for the potential v(x)=z_-δ(x+a)+z_+δ(x-a), where z_\pm and a are respectively complex and real parameters and δ(x) is the Dirac delta-function. We offer a through analysis of the spectral properties of this potential and determine the regions in the space of the coupling constants z_\pm where it admits bound states and spectral singularities. In particular, we find an explicit bound on the size of certain regions in which the Hamiltonian is quasi-Hermitian and examine the consequences of imposing PT-symmetry.

Published version, 33 pages, 11 figures

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