TY - GEN digital ID - 131563982 TI - Non-Hermitian Hamiltonians in Quantum Physics : Selected Contributions from the 15th International Conference on Non-Hermitian Hamiltonians in Quantum Physics, Palermo, Italy, 18-23 May 2015 AU - Bagarello, Fabio AU - Passante, Roberto AU - Trapani, Camillo PY - 2016 SN - 9783319313566 PB - Cham Springer International Publishing DB - UniCat KW - Mathematical physics KW - Quantum mechanics. Quantumfield theory KW - Physics KW - quantumfysica KW - wiskunde KW - fysica UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:131563982 AB - This book presents the Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Non-Hermitian Hamiltonians in Quantum Physics, held in Palermo, Italy, from 18 to 23 May 2015. Non-Hermitian operators, and non-Hermitian Hamiltonians in particular, have recently received considerable attention from both the mathematics and physics communities. There has been a growing interest in non-Hermitian Hamiltonians in quantum physics since the discovery that PT-symmetric Hamiltonians can have a real spectrum and thus a physical relevance. The main subjects considered in this book include: PT-symmetry in quantum physics, PT-optics, Spectral singularities and spectral techniques, Indefinite-metric theories, Open quantum systems, Krein space methods, and Biorthogonal systems and applications. The book also provides a summary of recent advances in pseudo-Hermitian Hamiltonians and PT-symmetric Hamiltonians, as well as their applications in quantum physics and in the theory of open quantum systems. ER -