Editors: Bagarello, Fabio, Passante, Roberto, Trapani, Camillo (Eds.)
Selected Contributions from the 15th International Conference on , Palermo, Italy, 18-23 May 2015
This book presents the Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on , held in Palermo, Italy, from 18 to 23 May 2015. Non-Hermitian operators, and non-Hermitian Hamiltonians in particular, have recently received considerable attention from both the mathematics and physics communities. There has been a growing interest in non-Hermitian Hamiltonians in quantum physics since the discovery that PT-symmetric Hamiltonians can have a real spectrum and thus a physical relevance. The main subjects considered in this book include: PT-symmetry in quantum physics, PT-optics, Spectral singularities and spectral techniques, Indefinite-metric theories, Open quantum systems, Krein space methods, and Biorthogonal systems and applications. The book also provides a summary of recent advances in pseudo-Hermitian Hamiltonians and PT-symmetric Hamiltonians, as well as their applications in quantum physics and in the theory of open quantum systems.
Number of Illustrations and Tables
32 b/w illustrations, 47 illustrations in colour
Topics
Quantum Physics
Mathematical Physics