Abstract
We discuss the presence of a geometrical phase in the evolution of a qubit state and its gauge structure. The time evolution operator is found to be the free energy operator, rather than the Hamiltonian operator.
A Bruno1,3, A Capolupo2,3, S Kak4, G Raimondo1,3 and G Vitiello2,3
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Citation A Bruno et al 2011 J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 306 012065
DOI 10.1088/1742-6596/306/1/012065
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We discuss the presence of a geometrical phase in the evolution of a qubit state and its gauge structure. The time evolution operator is found to be the free energy operator, rather than the Hamiltonian operator.