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Is Pseudo-Hermitian Quantum Mechanics an Indefinite-Metric Quantum Theory?

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With a view to eliminate an important misconception in some recent publications, we give a brief review of the notion of a pseudo-Hermitian operator, outline pseudo-Hermitian quantum mechanics, and discuss its basic difference with the indefinite-metric quantum mechanics. In particular, we show that the answer to the question posed in the title is a definite No.

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Mostafazadeh, A. Is Pseudo-Hermitian Quantum Mechanics an Indefinite-Metric Quantum Theory?. Czechoslovak Journal of Physics 53, 1079–1084 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:CJOP.0000010537.23790.8c

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