Coquaternionic Quantum Dynamics for Two-level Systems

The dynamical aspects of a spin-1/2 particle in Hermitian coquaternionic quantum theory are investigated. It is shown that the time evolution exhibits three different characteristics, depending on the values of the parameters of the Hamiltonian. When energy eigenvalues are real, the evolution is eit...

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Main Authors: D. C. Brody, E. M. Graefe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: CTU Central Library 2011-01-01
Series:Acta Polytechnica
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Online Access:https://ojs.cvut.cz/ojs/index.php/ap/article/view/1394
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Summary:The dynamical aspects of a spin-1/2 particle in Hermitian coquaternionic quantum theory are investigated. It is shown that the time evolution exhibits three different characteristics, depending on the values of the parameters of the Hamiltonian. When energy eigenvalues are real, the evolution is either isomorphic to that of a complex Hermitian theory on a spherical state space, or else it remains unitary along an open orbit on a hyperbolic state space. When energy eigenvalues form a complex conjugate pair, the orbit of the time evolution closes again even though the state space is hyperbolic.
ISSN:1210-2709
1805-2363