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Quaternion quantum mechanics is examined at the level of unbroken SU(2) gauge symmetry. A general quaternionic phase expression is derived from formal properties of the quaternion algebra.
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Maia, M.D., Bezerra, V.B. Geometric Phase in Quaternionic Quantum Mechanics. International Journal of Theoretical Physics 40, 1283–1294 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1017583906701
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