Published November 23, 2009
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Journal article
Minimal length in quantum mechanics and non-Hermitian Hamiltonian systems
Creators
- 1. Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Calcutta, 92 Acharya Prafulla Chandra Road, Kolkata 700 009 (India)
- 2. Centre for Mathematical Science, City University London, Northampton Square, London EC1V 0HB (United Kingdom)
Description
Deformations of the canonical commutation relations lead to non-Hermitian momentum and position operators and therefore almost inevitably to non-Hermitian Hamiltonians. We demonstrate that such type of deformed quantum mechanical systems may be treated in a similar framework as quasi/pseudo and/or PT-symmetric systems, which have recently attracted much attention. For a newly proposed deformation of exponential type we compute the minimal uncertainty and minimal length, which are essential in almost all approaches to quantum gravity.
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physleta.2009.09.054Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.physleta.2009.09.054;
- arXiv
- arXiv:0907.5354v1;
- PII
- S0375-9601(09)01213-4;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physics Letters. A
- Journal Volume
- 373
- Journal Issue
- 47
- Journal Page Range
- p. 4307-4310
- ISSN
- 0375-9601
- CODEN
- PYLAAG
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 41107812
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- COMMUTATION RELATIONS; HAMILTONIANS; POSITION OPERATORS; QUANTUM GRAVITY; QUANTUM MECHANICS
- Descriptors DEC
- FIELD THEORIES; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MECHANICS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; QUANTUM OPERATORS
Optional Information
- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2009 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.