arXiv:0709.1198 · Symmetry Integrability and Geometry Methods and Applications

Complex Projection of Quasianti-Hermitian Quaternionic Hamiltonian Dynamics

G. Scolarici

Published Sep 8, 2007• 2 citations

Abstract

We characterize the subclass of quasianti-Hermitian quaternionic Hamiltonian dynamics such that their complex projections are one-parameter semigroup dynamics in the space of complex quasi-Hermitian density matrices.As an example, the complex projection of a spin-1 2 system in a constant quasianti-Hermitian quaternionic potential is considered.

DOI: 10.3842/sigma.2007.088

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