Quasianti-Hermiticity and Quaternionic Quantum Systems

Author: Blasi A.   Scolarici G.   Solombrino L.  

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company

ISSN: 0011-4626

Source: Czechoslovak Journal of Physics, Vol.54, Iss.10, 2004-10, pp. : 1055-1059

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Abstract

A necessary and sufficient condition for a set of quasianti-Hermitian quaternionic operators to be anti-Hermitian with respect to a uniquely defined positive scalar product in an infinite-dimensional (right) quaternionic Hilbert space is proven. According to such results we obtain (and briefly discuss) two alternative descriptions of a quantum optical physical system, in the realm of quaternionic quantum mechanics, while no alternative can exist in complex quantum mechanics.