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AUTHOR
R Guardiola
A family of complex potentials with real spectrum
We consider a two-parameter non-Hermitian quantum mechanical Hamiltonian operator that is invariant under the combined effects of parity and time reversal transformations. Numerical investigation shows that for some values of the potential parameters the Hamiltonian operator supports real eigenvalues and localized eigenfunctions. In contrast with other parity times time reversal symmetric models which require special integration paths in the complex plane, our model is integrable along a line parallel to the real axis.
Variational Cluster Methods in Coordinate Space for Small Systems: Center of Mass Corrections Made Easy
A reexamination of the center of mass problem for light systems in the context of coupled cluster theory has produced a new variational version of the method which is developed entirely in coordinate space. It involves independent cluster functions which depend only on the relative coordinates of the subclusters of the system. In applications to the 4He nucleus described via a number of phenomenological and quasirealistic microscopic Wigner potentials, the method is shown to be quantitatively rather accurate, producing in all cases almost exact results for the ground-state energies at the SUB(3) level of approximation.
Computer algebra and large scale perturbation theory
This work presents a brief resume of our applications of computer algebra to the study of large-scale perturbation theory in quantum mechanical systems, both in the small and in the strong coupling regimes.
Comments on `A new efficient method for calculating perturbation energies using functions which are not quadratically integrable'
The recently proposed method of calculating perturbation energies using a non-normalizable wavefunction by Skala and Cizek is analysed and rigorously proved.
Strong-coupling expansions for the -symmetric oscillators
We study the traditional problem of convergence of perturbation expansions when the hermiticity of the Hamiltonian is relaxed to a weaker symmetry. An elementary and quite exceptional cubic anharmonic oscillator is chosen as an illustrative example of such models. We describe its perturbative features paying particular attention to the strong-coupling regime. Efficient numerical perturbation theory proves suitable for such a purpose.
London equation of state for a quantum-hard-sphere system
The London analytical interpolation equation between zero and packing densities for the ground-state energy of a many-boson hard-sphere system is corrected for the reduced mass of a pair of particles in a ``sphere-of-influence'' picture. It is thus brought into good agreement with computer simulations and with experimental results extrapolated out to close packing.