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SIGMA, 2007 Volume 3, 031, 18 pp. (Mi sigma157)

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Singular Eigenfunctions of Calogero–Sutherland Type Systems and How to Transform Them into Regular Ones

Edwin Langmann

Theoretical Physics, KTH Physics, AlbaNova, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden

Abstract: There exists a large class of quantum many-body systems of Calogero–Sutherland type where all particles can have different masses and coupling constants and which nevertheless are such that one can construct a complete (in a certain sense) set of exact eigenfunctions and corresponding eigenvalues, explicitly. Of course there is a catch to this result: if one insists on these eigenfunctions to be square integrable then the corresponding Hamiltonian is necessarily non-hermitean (and thus provides an example of an exactly solvable $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric quantum-many body system), and if one insists on the Hamiltonian to be hermitean then the eigenfunctions are singular and thus not acceptable as quantum mechanical eigenfunctions. The standard Calogero–Sutherland Hamiltonian is special due to the existence of an integral operator which allows to transform these singular eigenfunctions into regular ones.

Keywords: quantum integrable systems; orthogonal polynomials; singular eigenfunctions.

MSC: 81U15; 33C50; 05E05

Received: November 2, 2006; in final form January 29, 2007; Published online February 26, 2007

Language: English

DOI: 10.3842/SIGMA.2007.031



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