PLETHORA OF q-OSCILLATORS POSSESSING PAIRWISE ENERGY LEVEL DEGENERACY

Abstract

Using the q, p-deformed oscillators as basic generating system, we obtain diverse classes (which form distinct sectors of functional continua) of novel versions of q-deformed oscillators, all of which share the property of "accidental" degeneracy within a fixed pair of energy levels Em = Em+1, m ≥ 1, occurring at the real deformation parameter fixed by an appropriate value q(m) that depends on m and on particular model. Likewise, the degeneracy E0 = Ek (where k ≥ 2) takes place, for properly fixed q = q(k), in most of those models. The formerly studied model of q-oscillator known as the Tamm–Dancoff cutoff deformed oscillator is contained in the continua as isolated special case.