Abstract

We analyze, by means of singular potentials defined in terms of Dirac functions and their derivatives, a one dimensional symmetry breaking in quantum mechanics. From a mathematical point of view we use a technique of selfadjoint extensions applied to a symmetric differential operator with a domain containing smooth functions which vanish at two inner points of the real line. As is well known, the latter leads to a two-point boundary problem. We compute the resolvent of the corresponding extension and investigate its behavior in the case in which the inner points change their positions. The domain of these extensions can contain some functions with non differentiability or discontinuity at the points mentioned before. This fact can be interpreted as a presence of singular potentials like shifted Dirac delta functions and/or their first derivative centered at the same points. Then, we study the existence of broken-symmetry bound states. For some given entanglement boundary conditions we can show the existence of a ground state, which leads to a spontaneous symmetry breaking. We also prove that within a frame of Pontryagin spaces this type of symmetry breaking is saved if the distance between the mentioned above interior points tends to zero and then we can reformulate this result in terms of a larger Hilbert space.