Quantum mechanical systems with indefinite metric. I

Sudarshan , E. C. G. (1961) Quantum mechanical systems with indefinite metric. I Physical Review, 123 (6). pp. 2183-2193. ISSN 0031-899X

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Official URL: http://prola.aps.org/abstract/PR/v123/i6/p2183_1

Related URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.123.2183

Abstract

The structure of quantum theories with indefinite metric is studied with the aid of several simple models. It is shown that the pseudo-unitary scattering matrices entering such a theory are not inconsistent with physical interpretation provided a suitable invariant projection of physical state is carried out from among all the states. A relativistic quantum theory of interacting fields is outlined and is suggested as a basis for a dynamical theory of elementary particles. It is argued that the formal introduction of an indefinite metric together with supplementary interpretive postulates may help to reinstate the principle of simplicity in a consistent theory of elementary particles.

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