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Which Metrics Are Consistent with a Given Pseudo-Hermitian Matrix?

Mathematical Physics 2022-01-20 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory Functional Analysis math.MP Operator Algebras Rings and Algebras

Abstract

Given a diagonalizable N×NN\times N matrix HH, whose non-degenerate spectrum consists of pp pairs of complex conjugate eigenvalues and additional N2pN-2p real eigenvalues, we determine all metrics MM, of all possible signatures, with respect to which HH is pseudo-hermitian. In particular, we show that any compatible MM must have pp pairs of opposite eigenvalues in its spectrum so that pp is the minimal number of both positive and negative eigenvalues of MM. We provide explicit parametrization of the space of all admissible metrics and show that it is topologically a pp-dimensional torus tensored with an appropriate power of the group Z2Z_2.

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@article{arxiv.2111.04216,
  title  = {Which Metrics Are Consistent with a Given Pseudo-Hermitian Matrix?},
  author = {Joshua Feinberg and Miloslav Znojil},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2111.04216},
  year   = {2022}
}

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4 pages, latex; version 2: one affiliation updated, one reference updated, no other changes

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