Fragile PT −symmetry in a solvable model
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One of the simplest pseudo-Hermitian models with real spectrum (viz., square-well on a real interval I of coordinates) is re-examined. A PT −symmetric complex deformation C of I is introduced and shown tractable via an innovated approach to matching conditions. The result is surprising: an arbitrarily small deformation I → C implies a sudden collapse (i.e., the spontaneous PT −symmetry breaking) of virtually all the spectrum (i.e., up to its low-energy part).
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