Comment on "Position-dependent effective mass Dirac equations with PT- symmetric and non - PT- symmetric potentials" [J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 39 (2006) 11877--11887]
Jia and Dutra (J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 39 (2006) 11877) have considered the one-dimensional non-Hermitian complexified potentials with real spectra in the context of position-dependent mass in Dirac equation. In their second example, a smooth step shape mass distribution is considered and a non-Hermitian non - PT- symmetric Lorentz vector potential is obtained. They have mapped this problem into an exactly solvable Rosen-Morse Schrodinger model and claimed that the energy spectrum is real. The energy spectrum they have reported is pure imaginary or at best forms an empty set. Their claim on the reality of the energy spectrum is fragile, therefore.
In this comment we show that the eigenvalues of a quartic anharmonic oscillator obtained recently by means of the asymptotic iteration method may not be as accurate as the authors claim them to be.
Choreño et al. [J. Math. Phys. 59, 073506 (2018)] reported analytic solutions to the resonant case of the Tavis-Cummings model, obtained by mapping it to a Hamiltonian with three bosons and applying a Bogoliubov transformation. This comment points out that the Bogoliubov transformation employed is not unitary, cannot be inverted, and cannot enforce the symmetries of the model.
The paper of Unal [J. Math. Phys. 59, 062104 (2018)], though worthy of attention, contains a conclusion that is in error and may mislead the efforts to extend his results. The aim of the present note is twofold: we provide a correction to such a conclusion and then we emphasize some missing points that are necessary to clarify the content of the paper.
In a recent comment [Feller et. al, arXiv:2101.09186] on our Letter [Phys. Rev. Lett. 122, 010403 (2019)], Feller et. al identified a mistake in our mathematical expression of "strong independence" for states that satisfy Spectrum Broadcast Structure. We concede that we wrote a mathematical condition that is necessary but not sufficient. However, we used the original and correct qualitative definition for "strong independence" throughout the paper and in our proofs, therefore the proofs and statements, aside from the aforementioned mathematical expression, remain correct.
In the abstract of~[Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 125}, 040601 (2020)] one can read that: [...]{\it to have a nonzero rate of change of the extractable work, the state $ρ_\mathcal{W}$ of the battery cannot be an eigenstate of a "free energy operator", defined by $\mathcal{F}=H_\mathcal{W}+β^{-1}\log ρ_\mathcal{W}$, where $H_\mathcal{W}$ is the Hamiltonian of the battery and $β$ is the inverse temperature} [...]. Contrarily to what is presented below Eq.~(17) of the paper, we observe that the above conclusion does not hold when the battery is subject to nonunitary dynamics.
We point out that T. Tanaka's recent criticism [quant-ph/0603075] of the results of J. Math. Phys. 43, 3944 (2002) [math-ph/0203005] is based on an assumption which was never made in the latter paper, namely that the diagonalizability of an operator implies that it is normal. Therefore, Tanaka's objections regarding this paper are not valid.
In the posting arXiv:2101.11052v2 an experimental protocol involving two spins is proposed, which should show violation of energy conservation in a quantum experiment. In the present comment an unjustified mathematical approximation leading to that conclusion is pointed out. A detailed analysis will restore energy conservation.
Comment on "Backflow in relativistic wave equations" by I. Bialynicki-Birula, Z. Bialynicka-Birula, and S. Augustynowicz [Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, volume 55, page 255702 (2022)].
We present arguments demonstrating that the application of the Nikiforov-Uvarov polynomial method to solve the Schrödinger equation with the Tietz-Hua potential is valid only when $e^{-b_{h}r_{e}}\leq c_{h}<1$ and $r_{0}<r<+\infty $. In particular, it is pointed out that the numerical results with $c_{h}\neq 0$ for the diatomic molecules $\mathrm{HF}$, $\mathrm{N}_{2}$, $\mathrm{I}_{2}$, $\mathrm{H}_{2}$, $\mathrm{O}_{2}$ and $\mathrm{O}_{2}^{+}$ given in Tables 3-5 by Hamzavi and co-workers are wrong. When $-1\leq c_{h}<0$ or $0<c_{h}<e^{-b_{h}r_{e}}$, this approach is not suitable. In both c…
The purpose of this comment is to present the perturbation approach proposed by Maiz J. Math. Phys. 60, 012103 (2019) in a clearer way. The results of our straightforward procedure agree with those obtained by that author except for one case in which we obtain the exact result while he obtained an approximate one. In addition to it, we show that for sufficiently deep double-well potentials the perturbation approach deteriorates considerably.
We make remarks on Hoodbhoy's paper [J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 38 (2005) 10253-10256] by pointing out the single plate considered could be elastic and there will be deformations once the net (one-sided) force being upon the plate which will change the position-dependent potential imposed by Hoodbhoy.
Recently we have reanalyzed the consistency of the solutions of the space fractional Schrödinger equation found in a piecewise manner, and showed that an exact and a proper treatment of the relevant integrals prove that they are consistent. In this comment, for clarity, we present additional information about the critical integrals and describe how their analytic continuation is accomplished. [doi: 10.1063/1.4705268]
Differents formalismes sont utilises en mecanique quantique pour la description des etats et des observables : la mecanique ondulatoire, la mecanique matricielle et le formalisme invariant. Nous discutons les problemes et inconvenients du formalisme invariant ainsi que ceux de la notation des bras et kets introduite par Dirac dans ce contexte. Nous indiquons comment tous les problemes peuvent etre resolus ou du moins evites. Une serie d'exemples illustre les points souleves et montre comment l'insouciance mathematique peut aisement conduire a des contradictions mathematiques surprenantes.
A recent paper [J. Math. Phys. {\bf 59}, 082105 (2018)] constructs a Hamiltonian for the (dissipative) damped harmonic oscillator. We point out that non-Hermiticity of this Hamiltonian has been ignored to find real discrete eigenvalues which are actually non-real. We emphasize that non-Hermiticity in Hamiltonian is crucial and it is a quantal signature of dissipation.
Macedo and Guedes showed recently how to solve a system of coupled harmonic oscillators with time dependent parameters [{ J. Math. Phys.} {\bf 53}, 052101 (2012)]. We show here that the way in which they get rid of the time dependent masses is incorrect and some terms lack in the transformed Hamiltonian. We also show a correct way of eliminating from the Hamiltonian the time dependent masses.
A carefully written paper by A. Caticha [Phys. Rev. A57, 1572 (1998)] applies consistency arguments to derive the quantum mechanical rules for compounding probability amplitudes in much the same way as earlier work by the present author [J. Math. Phys. 29, 398 (1988) and Int. J. Theor. Phys. 27, 543 (1998)]. These works are examined together to find the minimal assumptions needed to obtain the most general results.
In Xu and Kuang (\textit{J. Phys. A: Math. Gen.} 39 (2006) L191), the authors claim that, for single-mode excited entangled coherent states $| Ψ_{\pm}(α,m)>$, \textquotedblleft the photon excitations lead to the decrease of the concurrence in the strong field regime of $| α| ^{2}$ and the concurrence tends to zero when $| α| ^{2}\to \infty$". This is wrong.
We show how recent results of Lieb and Seiringer [math-ph/0412009; Phys. Rev. A 71, 062329 (2005)] can be obtained from repeated use of the monotonicity of relative entropy under partial traces, and explain how to use their approach to obtain tighter bounds in many situations.
After a review of the existing theory of non-inertial frames and mathematical observers in Minkowski space-time we give the explicit expression of a family of such frames obtained from the inertial ones by means of point-dependent Lorentz transformations as suggested by the locality principle. These non-inertial frames have non-Euclidean 3-spaces and contain the differentially rotating ones in Euclidean 3-spaces as a subcase. Then we discuss how to replace mathematical accelerated observers with dynamical ones (their world-lines belong to interacting particles in an isolated system) and of how…
This is a response to a recently reported comment [1] on paper [J. Math. Phys.59, 082105 (2018)] regarding the quantization of damped harmonic oscillator using a non-Hermitian Hamiltonian with real energy eigenvalues. We assert here that the calculation of Eq. (29) of [2] is incorrect, and thus the subsequent steps via the Nikiforov-Uvarov method are affected, and the energy eigenvalues should have been complex. However, we show here that the Hermiticity of the Hamiltonian should be firstly achieved to make the correct transition from classical Hamiltonian to quantum counterpart, and this can …
In this paper we treat a non-Gaussian integral and give a fundamental formula in terms of discriminant. We also present some related problems. This is a comment paper to arXiv:0903.2595 [math-ph] by Morozov and Shakirov.
In this note we make a comment on the paper by Jarlskog (math-ph/0504049) in which she gave a parametrisation to unitary matrices. Namely, we show that her recursive method is essentially obtained by the canonical coordinate of the second kind in the Lie group theory, and propose a problem on constructing unitary gates in quantum computation by making use of the parametrisation.
It is shown that the paper "Wave functions for a Duffin-Kemmer-Petiau particle in a time-dependent potential", by Merad and Bensaid [J. Math. Phys. 48, 073515 (2007)] is not correct in using inadvertently a non-Hermitian Hamiltonian in a formalism that does require Hermitian Hamiltonians.
In his recent letter, Braak suggested that a regular spectrum of the Rabi model was given by the zeros of a transcendental function $G_\pm(x)$ (cf Eqs. (3)-(5) of Ref. [1]) and highlighted the role of the discrete $\mathbb{Z}_2$-symmetry, or parity, in determining $G_\pm(x)$. We show here to the contrary that one can define a transcendental function $F_0(x)$ and obtain the regular spectrum of the Rabi model as the zeros of $F_0(x)$ (see Fig. 1) without ever making use of the underlying $\mathbb{Z}_2$-symmetry of the model.
