Complex geometrical phases for dissipative systems

J. C. Garrison; E. M. Wright

doi:10.1016/0375-9601(88)90905-X

Complex geometrical phases for dissipative systems

J. C. Garrison, E. M. Wright

Optical Sciences, College of

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Abstract

We show that the geometrical phases associated with cyclic unitary time evolutions in quantum mechanics are replaced by complex geometrical multipliers in the case of dissipative evolution equations phenomenologically described by nonhermitian hamiltonians.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	177-181
Number of pages	5
Journal	Physics Letters A
Volume	128
Issue number	3-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0375-9601(88)90905-X
State	Published - Mar 28 1988

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Garrison, J. C., & Wright, E. M. (1988). Complex geometrical phases for dissipative systems. Physics Letters A, 128(3-4), 177-181. https://doi.org/10.1016/0375-9601(88)90905-X

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