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Scalar quantum field theory with a complex cubic interaction
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Scalar quantum field theory with a complex cubic interaction

Carl M Bender, Dorje C Brody and Hugh F Jones
Physical review letters, Vol.93(25), pp.251601-251601.4
17/12/2004
PMID: 15697890

Abstract

In this Letter it is shown that an i phi(3) quantum field theory is a physically acceptable model because the spectrum is positive and the theory is unitary. The demonstration rests on the perturbative construction of a linear operator C, which is needed to define the Hilbert space inner product. The C operator is a new, time-independent observable in PT-symmetric quantum field theory.

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