TY - JOUR
T1 - Complex geometrical phases for dissipative systems
AU - Garrison, J. C.
AU - Wright, E. M.
PY - 1988/3/28
Y1 - 1988/3/28
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1016/0375-9601(88)90905-X
DO - 10.1016/0375-9601(88)90905-X
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0001175749
VL - 128
SP - 177
EP - 181
JO - Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics
JF - Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics
SN - 0375-9601
IS - 3-4
ER -