A return to observability near exceptional points in a schematic PT-symmetric model

2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/125864Many indefinite-metric (often called pseudo-Hermitian or PT-symmetric) quantum models H prove "physical" (i.e., Hermitian with respect to an innovated, ad hoc scalar product) inside a characteristic domain of parameters D. This means that the energies get complex (= unobservable) beyond the boundary (= Kato's "exceptional points", EPs). In a solvable example we detect an enlargement of D caused by the emergence of a new degree of freedom. We conjecture that such a beneficial mechanism of a return to the real spectrum near EPs may be generic and largely model-independent.14 pp., 1 figQuantum PhysicsA return to observability near exceptional points in a schematic PT-symmetric modeltext