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The space of density states in geometrical quantum mechanics

Quantum Physics 2007-07-26 v1

Abstract

We present a geometrical description of the space of density states of a quantum system of finite dimension. After presenting a brief summary of the geometrical formulation of Quantum Mechanics, we proceed to describe the space of density states \D(\Hil)\D(\Hil) from a geometrical perspective identifying the stratification associated to the natural GL(\Hil)GL(\Hil)--action on \D(\Hil)\D(\Hil) and some of its properties. We apply this construction to the cases of quantum systems of two and three levels.

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@article{arxiv.0707.3759,
  title  = {The space of density states in geometrical quantum mechanics},
  author = {J. Clemente-Gallardo and G. Marmo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0707.3759},
  year   = {2007}
}

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Amslatex, 18 pages, 4 figures