5th International Workshop on:

PSEUDO-HERMITIAN HAMILTONIANS IN QUANTUM PHYSICS

to be held at the Departments of Physics and Astronomy and Mathematics of Bologna University (Italy), on July 3 - 5, 2006 (inclusive). The Workshop is organized under the auspices of the University and of Bologna Section of INFN and INDAM-GFNM. It is intended to promote the exchange of ideas at an advanced technical level among researchers working in this rapidly evolving field.

Topics:

• Non-Hermitian and quasi-Hermitian models in quantum mechanics
• Field theories with the CPT symmetry
• Lie algebraic, supersymmetric and Krein-space methods
• WKB, perturbative and numerical constructions
• Resonances and irreversible quantum dynamics
• Exceptional points
• PT-symmetry breaking
• Random matrix models and non-Hermiticity in statistical physics

A provisional list of speakers includes:

• C. Bender (Washington - USA)
• M. Berry, FRS (Bristol - UK)
• F. Calogero (Roma I - Italy)
  
• E. Delabaere (Angers - France)
• G. Marmo (Napoli – Italy)
• H. Silverstone (John Hopkins, Baltimore - USA)
• J. Suzuki (Shizuoka - Japan)
• A. Voros (Saclay - France)

Publication of papers: We understand that Miloslav Znojil is volunteering, and we thank him for that, to edit a special issue of Czech. J. Phys. with papers related to the workshop. Any information can be found in the following web site: http://gemma.ujf.cas.cz/%7Eznojil/conf/issue.html. The organizing committee, though not publishing any proceedings, welcomes whoever wishes to submit papers to M. Znojil according to the rules that he will give. The refereeing process leading to the acceptance of the papers is under the complete responsibility of M. Znojil.

The deep relations between pseudo-Hermitian Hamiltonians and integrable quantum field theories recently emerged, pushed us to organize this meeting in conjunction with the contiguous 7th Bologna Workshop on CFT and Integrable Models (July 5-8, 2006), whose page we invite you to visit. The workshops will have a common day, devoted to the relations between the two subjects, on July 5. We welcome people interested in participating to both events. In this case we ask you, for practical organization reasons, to check the appropriate button in the registration form.

Useful Information

• Program of the two joint Workshops
• Social Events

Directors: E. Caliceti, F. Cannata, S. Graffi, F. Ravanini

Secretariat: P. Palmerini (Math. Dept. - Bologna Univ.) - B. Simoni (INFN Bologna)