Infinite class of PT-symmetric theories from one timelike Liouville Lagrangian.

Abstract

Logarithmic timelike Liouville quantum field theory has a generalized PT invariance, where T is the time-reversal operator and P stands for an S-duality reflection of the Liouville field ϕ. In Euclidean space, the Lagrangian of such a theory L=1/2(∇ϕ)^{2}-igϕexp(iaϕ) is analyzed using the techniques of PT-symmetric quantum theory. It is shown that L defines an infinite number of unitarily inequivalent sectors of the theory labeled by the integer n. In one-dimensional space (quantum mechanics), the energy spectrum is calculated in the semiclassical limit and the mth energy level in the nth sector is given by E_{m,n}∼(m+1/2)^{2}a^{2}/(16n^{2}).