Publication: Is pseudo-Hermitian quantum mechanics an indefinite-metric quantum theory?
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With a view to eliminate an important misconception in some recent publications, we give a brief review of the notion of a pseudo-Hermitian operator, outline pseudo-Hermitian quantum mechanics, and discuss its basic difference with the indefinite-metric quantum mechanics. In particular, we show that the answer to the question posed in the title is a definite No.
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Inst Physics Acad Sci Czech Republic
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Czechoslovak Journal of Physics
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10.1023/B:CJOP.0000010537.23790.8c