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Quantum Brachistochrone problem and the geometry of the state space in pseudo-Hermitian quantum mechanics.
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PMID:  17930566     Owner:  NLM     Status:  PubMed-not-MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
A non-Hermitian operator with a real spectrum and a complete set of eigenvectors may serve as the Hamiltonian operator for a unitary quantum system provided that one makes an appropriate choice for the defining the inner product of physical Hilbert state. We study the consequences of such a choice for the representation of states in terms of projection operators and the geometry of the state space. This allows for a careful treatment of the quantum Brachistochrone problem and shows that it is indeed impossible to achieve faster unitary evolutions using PT-symmetric or other non-Hermitian Hamiltonians than those given by Hermitian Hamiltonians.
Authors:
Ali Mostafazadeh
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2007-09-26
Journal Detail:
Title:  Physical review letters     Volume:  99     ISSN:  0031-9007     ISO Abbreviation:  Phys. Rev. Lett.     Publication Date:  2007 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2007-10-12     Completed Date:  2008-01-29     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0401141     Medline TA:  Phys Rev Lett     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  130502     Citation Subset:  -    
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Koç University, Sariyer 34450, Istanbul, Turkey. amostafazadeh@ku.edu.tr
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