Ray space Riccati evolution and geometric phases for N-level quantum systems
arXiv:0706.0964 · doi:10.1007/s12043-007-0135-0
Abstract
We present a simple derivation of the matrix Riccati equations governing the reduced dynamics as one descends from the group U(N) describing the Schroedinger evolution of an N-level quantum system to the various coset spaces, Grassmanian manifolds, associated with it. The special case pertaining to the geometric phase in N-level systems is described in detail. Further, we show how the matrix Riccati equation thus obtained can be reformulated as an equation describing Hamiltonian evolution in a classical phase space and establish correspondences between the two descriptions.
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