On the role of the normalization factors Kn and of the pseudo-metric P ≠ P in crypto-Hermitian Quantum models

Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications (SIGMA)

Volumn 4, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Znojil, Miloslav ^a  

^a NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

CP crypto hermiticity; Non self adjoint pseudo metrics; PQ crypto hermiticity; PT symmetry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857348119     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18150659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3842/SIGMA.2008.001     Document Type: Article

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