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Implement spin density matrix #7

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redeboer opened this issue Nov 19, 2020 · 0 comments
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Implement spin density matrix #7

redeboer opened this issue Nov 19, 2020 · 0 comments
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This issue is twofold.

  1. Convenience/performance. A wave represents one specific spin projection solution from the initial to the final state. Waves can be added coherently or incoherently. When all waves of the process/sub-process are added coherently, it can be more convenient to reduce this coherent addition operation into a matrix operation. See Implement Spin Density Matrix ComPWA-legacy#124 for a more details explanation. Note that this is purely a mathematical reformulation, but allows for a more compact amplitude model definition. It could also be beneficial for the tensor formalism to support such matrix operations and could also increase performance.

  2. Currently ComPWA / Tensorwaves does not support the spin density matrix coherent addition of initial states. This would be a small physics feature than could be made available once part 1 is available.

The paper that discusses an analysis where such a mathematical reformulation in terms of matrices is beneficial is
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1809.04038.pdf

@redeboer redeboer transferred this issue from ComPWA/expertsystem Apr 6, 2021
@redeboer redeboer added Epic Collection of issues 💡 Feature labels Apr 13, 2021
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@redeboer redeboer changed the title Add spin density matrix operations Implement spin density matrix Jul 27, 2022
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@redeboer redeboer added the ✨ Feature New feature added to the package label Jan 24, 2024
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