Complex Square Well --- A New Exactly Solvable Quantum Mechanical Model

Abstract

Recently, a class of PT-invariant quantum mechanical models described by the non-Hermitian Hamiltonian $H=p^2+x^2(ix{)}^{\epsilon }$ was studied. It was found that the energy levels for this theory are real for all $\epsilon \ge 0$. Here, the limit as $\epsilon \to \infty$ is examined. It is shown that in this limit, the theory becomes exactly solvable. A generalization of this Hamiltonian, $H=p^2+x^{2M}(ix{)}^{\epsilon }$ (M=1,2,3,...) is also studied, and this PT-symmetric Hamiltonian becomes exactly solvable in the large-εlimit as well. In effect, what is obtained in each case is a complex analog of the Hamiltonian for the square well potential. Expansions about the large-εlimit are obtained.

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