Published November 1, 2012
| Version v1
Journal article
Quantum trajectories
Creators
- 1. Faculty of Physics, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań (Poland)
Description
This Letter presents a new approach to phase space trajectories in quantum mechanics. A Moyal description of quantum theory is used, where observables and states are treated as classical functions on a classical phase space. A quantum trajectory being an appropriate solution to quantum Hamiltonian equations is also a function defined on a classical phase space. It results in a deformation of a classical action of a flow on observables and states to an appropriate quantum action. It also leads to a new multiplication rule for any quantum trajectory treated as a one-parameter group of diffeomorphisms. Moreover, several examples are given, presenting the developed formalism for particular quantum systems.
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physleta.2012.10.030Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.physleta.2012.10.030;
- arXiv
- arXiv:1208.0720v2;
- PII
- S0375-9601(12)01081-X;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physics Letters. A
- Journal Volume
- 376
- Journal Issue
- 47-48
- Journal Page Range
- p. 3593-3598
- ISSN
- 0375-9601
- CODEN
- PYLAAG
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 45113572
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- CANONICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; DEFORMATION; EQUATIONS; HAMILTONIANS; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; PHASE SPACE; QUANTIZATION; QUANTUM MECHANICS; TRAJECTORIES
- Descriptors DEC
- MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; MECHANICS; QUANTUM OPERATORS; SPACE; TRANSFORMATIONS
Optional Information
- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2012 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.