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Pseudo-Hermiticity protects the energy-difference conservation in the scattering

H. S. Xu, L. Jin

2023Physical Review Research20 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

A conservation law that is valid for all non-Hermitian scattering systems is discovered. Applying this conservation law uncovers that the energy-difference conservation is protected by the specific pseudo-Hermiticity.

Topics & Concepts

Conservation lawHermitian matrixPhysicsConservation of energyBar (unit)Symmetry (geometry)Energy conservationScatteringEnergy (signal processing)Mathematical physicsWork (physics)LawQuantum mechanicsMathematicsGeometryElectrical engineeringPolitical scienceMeteorologyEngineeringQuantum Mechanics and Non-Hermitian Physics