Supersymmetry Without Hermiticity
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Supersymmetry without hermiticity
A new model of supersymmetry between bosons and fermions is proposed. Its representation space is spanned by states with PT symmetry and real energies but the inter-related partner Hamiltonians themselves remain complex and non-Hermitian. The formalism admits vanishing Witten index.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Czechoslovak Journal of Physics
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0011-4626
DOI: 10.1023/b:cjop.0000044013.61838.0d