International Journal of Quantum Chemistry
Usage de l'Algègbre de Lie su (n) Dans l'Etude des Systèmes Quantiques à n Etats. I. Quelques Conséquences Générales
Jacques Tillieu, Augustin Van Groenedael
Abstract
Abstract In an n level quantum system there is a relation between each density operator and an element of su (n) Lie algebra. This relation is also established between Cartan's subalgebras and the complete sets of compatible observables. A scalar product is then defined in this algebra in order to introduce orthonormal bases and to simplify many calculations about expectation values of observables. Therefore simple general rules were established which show how to determine (completely or partly), from linearly independent observables, the density operator of the system.