International Journal of Quantum Chemistry
Usage de l'algégbre de lie su(n) dans l'étude des systémes quantiques á n états. IV. Geometrie du domaine des vecteurs de cohérence
Augustin Van Groenendael
Abstract
Abstract The density operator of an n level quantum system is known to be a positive semidefinite, hermitian operator of trace one. In a previous article we have established, through su(n) algebras, a formalism where density operators are built from coherence vectors in a n2 − 1 dimension, real, Euclidean space. The last two conditions are then automatically satisfied. Being positive semidefinite means a restriction to the domain of coherence vectors. In this article we clarify this domain and obtain several equivalent tests to know if a given vector is part of it.