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Comment on `Supersymmetry, PT-symmetry and spectral bifurcation'
We demonstrate that the recent paper by Abhinav and Panigrahi entitled
`Supersymmetry, PT-symmetry and spectral bifurcation' [Ann.\ Phys.\ 325 (2010)
1198], which considers two different types of superpotentials for the
PT-symmetric complexified Scarf II potential, fails to take into account the
invariance under the exchange of its coupling parameters. As a result, they
miss the important point that for unbroken PT-symmetry this potential indeed
has two series of real energy eigenvalues, to which one can associate two
different superpotentials. This fact was first pointed out by the present
authors during the study of complex potentials having a complex
potential algebra.Comment: 6 pages, no figure, published versio
Non-Hermitian Hamiltonians with real and complex eigenvalues in a Lie-algebraic framework
We show that complex Lie algebras (in particular sl(2,C)) provide us with an
elegant method for studying the transition from real to complex eigenvalues of
a class of non-Hermitian Hamiltonians: complexified Scarf II, generalized
P\"oschl-Teller, and Morse. The characterizations of these Hamiltonians under
the so-called pseudo-Hermiticity are also discussed.Comment: LaTeX, 14 pages, no figure, 1 reference adde
Supersymmetry Across Nanoscale Heterojunction
We argue that supersymmetric transformation could be applied across the
heterojunction formed by joining of two mixed semiconductors. A general
framework is described by specifying the structure of ladder operators at the
junction for making quantitative estimation of physical quantities. For a
particular heterojunction device, we show that an exponential grading inside a
nanoscale doped layer is amenable to exact analytical treatment for a class of
potentials distorted by the junctions through the solutions of transformed
Morse-Type potentials.Comment: 7 pages, 2 figure
Identification of a hereditary system with distributed delay
We study the identification problem that arises in a linear hereditary system with distributed delay. This involves estimating an infinite-dimensional parameter and we use the method of sieves, proposed by Grenander, to solve this problem
Orbital Parameters of Binary Radio Pulsars : Revealing Their Structure, Formation, Evolution and Dynamic History
Orbital parameters of binary radio pulsars reveal the history of the pulsars'
formation and evolution including dynamic interactions with other objects.
Advanced technology has enabled us to determine these orbital parameters
accurately in most of the cases. Determination of post-Keplerian parameters of
double neutron star binaries (especially of the double pulsar) provide clean
tests of GTR and in the future may lead us to constrain the dense matter EoS.
For binary pulsars with MS or WD companions, knowledge about the values of the
orbital parameters as well as of the spin periods and the masses of the pulsars
and the companions might be useful to understand the evolutionary history of
the systems. As accreting neutron star binaries lead to orbit circularization
due to the tidal coupling during accretion, their descendants i.e. binary MSPs
are expected to be in circular orbits. On the other hand, dense stellar
environments inside globular clusters (GCs) cause different types of
interactions of single stars with pulsar binaries. These interactions can
impart high eccentricities to the pulsar binaries. So it is quite common to get
eccentric millisecond pulsar binaries in GCs and we find that "fly-by" causes
intermediate values of eccentricities while "exchange" or "merger" causes high
values of eccentricities. We also show that "ionization" is not much effective
in the present stage of GCs. Even in the absence of such kinds of stellar
interactions, a millisecond pulsar can have an eccentric orbit as a result of
Kozai resonance if the pulsar binary is a member of a hierarchical triple
system. PSR J1903+0327 is the only one eccentric millisecond pulsar binary in
the galactic disk where stellar interactions are negligible. The possibility of
this system to be a member of a hierarchical triple system or past association
of a GC have been studied and found to be less likely.Comment: Invited chapter in "Pulsars: Theory, Categories and Applications",
Editor: Alexander D. Morozov, 2010, Nova Science Publishers, ISBN:
978-1-61668-919-3; Typos correcte
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