Published March 17, 2006 | Version v1
Journal article

Local currents for a deformed algebra of quantum mechanics with a fundamental length scale

  • 1. Departments of Mathematics and Physics, Rutgers University, 118 Frelinghuysen Road, SERC 239, Busch Campus, Piscataway, NJ 08854 (United States)
  • 2. Department of Physics, King's College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS (United Kingdom)

Description

We explore some explicit representations of a certain stable deformed algebra of quantum mechanics, considered by R Vilela Mendes, having a fundamental length scale. The relation of the irreducible representations of the deformed algebra to those of the (limiting) Heisenberg algebra is discussed, and we construct the generalized harmonic oscillator Hamiltonian in this framework. To obtain local currents for this algebra, we extend the usual nonrelativistic local current algebra of vector fields and the corresponding group of diffeomorphisms, modelling the quantum configuration space as a commutative spatial manifold with one additional dimension

Availability note (English)

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Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. A, Mathematical and General
Journal Volume
39
Journal Issue
11
Journal Page Range
p. 2757-2772
ISSN
0305-4470
CODEN
JPHAC5

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
37051334
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ALGEBRA; CURRENT ALGEBRA; HAMILTONIANS; HARMONIC OSCILLATORS; IRREDUCIBLE REPRESENTATIONS; LENGTH; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; QUANTUM MECHANICS; VECTOR FIELDS
Descriptors DEC
DIMENSIONS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MATHEMATICS; MECHANICS; QUANTUM OPERATORS; SPACE