
arXiv: 1806.01407
The conventional Hamiltonian $H= p^2+ V_N(x)$, where the potential $V_N(x)$ is a polynomial of degree $N$, has been studied intensively since the birth of quantum mechanics. In some cases, its spectrum can be determined by combining the WKB method with resummation techniques. In this paper we point out that the deformed Hamiltonian $H=2 \cosh(p)+ V_N(x)$ is exactly solvable for any potential: a conjectural exact quantization condition, involving well-defined functions, can be written down in closed form, and determines the spectrum of bound states and resonances. In particular, no resummation techniques are needed. This Hamiltonian is obtained by quantizing the Seiberg-Witten curve of $\mathcal{N}=2$ Yang-Mills theory, and the exact quantization condition follows from the correspondence between spectral theory and topological strings, after taking a suitable four-dimensional limit. In this formulation, conventional quantum mechanics emerges in a scaling limit near the Argyres-Douglas superconformal point in moduli space. Although our deformed version of quantum mechanics is in many respects similar to the conventional version, it also displays new phenomena, like spontaneous parity symmetry breaking.
High Energy Physics - Theory, Special quantum systems, such as solvable systems, Quantum Physics, Supersymmetry and quantum mechanics, quantum mechanics, FOS: Physical sciences, spectral theory, Mathematical Physics (math-ph), Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory, Relationships between algebraic curves and physics, Mathematics - Spectral Theory, High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th), topological string theory, FOS: Mathematics, Spectral theory; eigenvalue problems on manifolds, Quantum Physics (quant-ph), Exactly solvable models; Bethe ansatz, supersymmetric gauge theory, Spectral Theory (math.SP), Mathematical Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory, Special quantum systems, such as solvable systems, Quantum Physics, Supersymmetry and quantum mechanics, quantum mechanics, FOS: Physical sciences, spectral theory, Mathematical Physics (math-ph), Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory, Relationships between algebraic curves and physics, Mathematics - Spectral Theory, High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th), topological string theory, FOS: Mathematics, Spectral theory; eigenvalue problems on manifolds, Quantum Physics (quant-ph), Exactly solvable models; Bethe ansatz, supersymmetric gauge theory, Spectral Theory (math.SP), Mathematical Physics
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