Published November 1, 2012 | Version v1
Journal article

Quantum trajectories

  • 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.2012.10.030

Additional 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

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