Publication: A new class of adiabatic cyclic states and geometric phases for non-Hermitian Hamiltonians
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For a T-periodic non-Hermitian Hamiltonian H(t), we construct a class of adiabatic cyclic states of period T which are not eigenstates of the initial Hamiltonian H(O). We show that the corresponding adiabatic geometric phase angles are real and discuss their relationship with the conventional complex adiabatic geometric phase angles. We present a detailed calculation of the new adiabatic cyclic states and their geometric phases for a non-Hermitian analog of the spin 1/2 particle in a precessing magnetic field.
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Elsevier Science Bv
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Physics Letters A
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10.1016/S0375-9601(99)00790-2