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Continuum of Bound States in a Non-Hermitian Model

Continuum of Bound States in a Non-Hermitian Model

In a Hermitian system, bound states have quantized energies while free states form a continuum. We demonstrate how this principle can fail in non-Hermitian systems. Certain non-Hermitian systems with imaginary momentum and Landau-type vector potential host eigenstates that we call "continuum Landau modes" (CLMs), featuring gaussian spatial envelopes and a …