Dear ALPS developers,
Some background on the problem I have: --------------------------------------------------- I wish to use the exact diag. application for the FQHE effect on a thin-torus. This can be mapped to a 1D problem on a ring which has both total momenta (P) and total center-of-mass conservation (X). In a ring the position (j), is actually ill defined, therefore I need to define X as a non-Hermitian operator $X = \sum_j e^{i 2\pi j/L} \psi^{\dagger}_x \psi_x$ instead.
My questions are: ---------------------- 1. Could a non-Hermitian operator such as X, be given as a conserved quantum number to the exact/sparse diagonalization applications ?
2. For a ring geometry and when within an tag: may I use the site's name ("j") as though it is a variable which holds an integer denoting the position (I need this for the last definition of X).
Thanks in advance, Zohar.