Alam, RafikulBora, ShreemayeeKarow, MichaelMehrmann, VolkerMoro, Julio2017-12-142017-12-142011-06-270895-4798https://depositonce.tu-berlin.de/handle/11303/7277http://dx.doi.org/10.14279/depositonce-6550Motivated by the analysis of passive control systems, we undertake a detailed perturbation analysis of Hamiltonian matrices that have eigenvalues on the imaginary axis. We construct minimal Hamiltonian perturbations that move and coalesce eigenvalues of opposite sign characteristic to form multiple eigenvalues with mixed sign characteristics, which are then moved from the imaginary axis to specific locations in the complex plane by small Hamiltonian perturbations. We also present a numerical method to compute upper bounds for the minimal perturbations that move all eigenvalues of a given Hamiltonian matrix outside a vertical strip along the imaginary axis.en519 Wahrscheinlichkeiten, angewandte Mathematik518 Numerische AnalysisHamiltonian matrixHamiltonian eigenvalue problemstructured mapping problemdistance to bounded-realnessperturbation theorypassive systembounded-realnesspurely imaginary eigenvaluessign characteristicHamiltonian pseudospectraArticle1095-7162