{
  "id": "quant-ph/0012093",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2000-12-18T16:04:01.000Z",
  "updated": "2000-12-18T16:04:01.000Z",
  "title": "The Chirality of Exceptional Points",
  "authors": [
    "W. D. Heiss",
    "H. L. Harney"
  ],
  "comment": "four pages, one postscript figure, to be submitted to PRL",
  "doi": "10.1007/s100530170017",
  "categories": [
    "quant-ph"
  ],
  "abstract": "Exceptional points are singularities of the spectrum and wave functions which occur in connection with level repulsion. They are accessible in experiments using dissipative systems. It is shown that the wave function at an exceptional point is one specific superposition of two wave functions which are themselves specified by the exceptional point. The phase relation of this superposition brings about a chirality which should be detectable in an experiment.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2000-12-18T16:04:01.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "exceptional point",
      "wave function",
      "experiment",
      "level repulsion",
      "specific superposition"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 0,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}