Construction of a unique metric in quasi-Hermitian quantum mechanics: non-existence of the charge operator in a 2 x 2 matrix model

Abstract

For a specific exactly solvable 2 by 2 matrix model with a PT-symmetric Hamiltonian possessing a real spectrum, we construct all the eligible physical metrics and show that none of them admits a factorization CP in terms of an involutive charge operator C. Alternative ways of restricting the physical metric to a unique form are briefly discussed.

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