Perturbation theory on generalized quantum mechanical systems

E.C.G. Sudarshan, Charles B. Chiu and G. Bhamathi

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 1994, vol. 202, issue 3, 540-552

Abstract: We present a general formalism for doing the perturbation theory in the complex energy plane, where the notion of the generalized quantum mechanical systems is used. This formalism is applied to the Friedrichs-Lee model. It reproduces the results of the exact solution, where the spectrum of the generalized quantum mechanical system consists of a discrete complex energy pole and a continuum spectrum (which passes below this discrete pole) in the complex energy plane. We also investigate the role of the “complex delta” function in the description of a resonance state. The unboundedness of the spectrum appears to be the very ingredient needed to give rise to a pure exponential decay.

Date: 1994
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DOI: 10.1016/0378-4371(94)90478-2

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