Criteria for a linear combination of two Hermitian matrices to intersect the cone of positive definite matrices

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Given two Hermitian matrices, $H$ and $K$, I am wondering if there are existing results on whether there exist $a, b \in \mathbb{R}$ such that

$$a H + b K \succ 0$$

where $M \succ 0$ denotes that Hermitian matrix $M$ is positive definite.