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Complex conjugation sends a complex number $z=a+ib$ to its complex conjugate $\overline{z}=a-ib$. It is an involution and a field automorphism of $\mathbb{C}$, with fixed field $\mathbb{R}$. Applied componentwise to a complex vector, it produces the conjugated vector appearing in a Choi state for a rank-one Kraus operator.

Complex conjugation interchanges the bidegrees of complex differential forms:It also interchanges the two type components of the exterior derivative, so $\bar{\partial }\bar{\alpha }=\overline{\partial \alpha }$ and $\partial \bar{\alpha }=\overline{\bar{\partial }\alpha }$.

For $i{\psi }_t=-D{\nabla }^2\psi +[V(n)+i\Gamma (n)]\psi$, with real $D,V,\Gamma$ and $\psi =\sqrt{n}{e}^{iS}$, the continuity equation isMultiply the equation by ${\psi }^{\ast }$ and subtract its complex conjugate multiplied by $\psi$ to obtain this identity; real interaction and potential terms cancel. Thus the current velocity is $\mathbf{j}/n=2D\nabla S$. With dimensional kinetic operator $-{\hslash }^2{\nabla }^2/(2m)$ and left side $i\hslash {\psi }_t$, this gives the physical superfluid velocity $(\hslash /m)\nabla S$. In normalized equations with $D=1/2$ or $D=1$, the current velocity is respectively $\nabla S$ or $2\nabla S$. The distinction fixes the radial-flow slope of a driven quantum vortex.

In a real species basis, the two-particle S-matrix satisfies $S(-{\theta }^{\ast })=S(\theta {)}^{†}$ under the usual scattering analyticity assumptions. On the real rapidity axis this relates inverse-rapidity amplitudes to complex conjugates. Combined with the algebraic inverse relation $S(\theta )S(-\theta )=I$, it gives physical unitarity.

For a static smooth ideal magnetohydrodynamics equilibrium with conservative external forces and surface terms eliminated by the boundary conditions, the linear displacement equation is $\rho \ddot{\mathbf{\xi }}=\mathcal{F}\mathbf{\xi }$, where the force operator is a self-adjoint operator in the appropriate integral pairing. Its restoring quadratic form $\delta W=-\frac{1}{2}\int {\mathbf{\xi }}^{\ast }\cdot \mathcal{F}\mathbf{\xi }dV$ is real. Multiplying the normal mode equation by the complex conjugate of the displacement and integrating gives ${\omega }^2\int \rho |\mathbf{\xi }{|}^{2}dV=2\delta W$. Hence squared frequencies are real, and a negative restoring form gives an unstable mode through the variational Rayleigh quotient, subject to the operator domain and spectral hypotheses. Background fluid flow adds terms to this argument; the static hypothesis is essential.

For the global phase symmetry of a complex scalar field oriented as $\delta \psi =-i\epsilon \psi$, the Noether current is $j^{\mu }=i({\psi }^{\ast }{\partial }^{\mu }\psi -\psi {\partial }^{\mu }{\psi }^{\ast })$. The Euler-Lagrange field equations $\square \psi +V^{\prime }(|\psi {|}^2)\psi =0$ and its complex conjugate give ${\partial }_{\mu }{j}^{\mu }=i({\psi }^{\ast }\square \psi -\psi \square {\psi }^{\ast })=0$ for a real differentiable potential. Integrating $j^0$ gives $Q$ when boundary flux vanishes. A charged scalar coupled to electromagnetism has electric charge $qQ$ with the chosen charge normalization; without that physical identification it is an internal charge.