Biorthogonal quantum mechanics

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DOI10.1088/1751-8113/47/3/035305zbMATH Open1283.81070arXiv1308.2609OpenAlexW3104876546WikidataQ62272432 ScholiaQ62272432MaRDI QIDQ5402228FDOQ5402228


Authors: Dorje C. Brody Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 6 March 2014

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The Hermiticity condition in quantum mechanics required for the characterisation of (a) physical observables and (b) generators of unitary motions can be relaxed into a wider class of operators whose eigenvalues are real and whose eigenstates are complete. In this case, the orthogonality of eigenstates is replaced by the notion of biorthogonality that defines the relation between the Hilbert space of states and its dual space. The resulting quantum theory, which might appropriately be called 'biorthogonal quantum mechanics', is developed here in some detail in the case for which the Hilbert space dimensionality is finite. Specifically, characterisations of probability assignment rules, observable properties, pure and mixed states, spin particles, measurements, combined systems and entanglements, perturbations, and dynamical aspects of the theory are developed. The paper concludes with a brief discussion on infinite-dimensional systems.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1308.2609




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