scholarly journals Analysis on Complete Set of Fock States with Explicit Wavefunctions for the Covariant Harmonic Oscillator Problem

Symmetry ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 39
Author(s):  
Suzana Bedić ◽  
Otto Kong

The earlier treatments of the Lorentz covariant harmonic oscillator have brought to light various difficulties, such as reconciling Lorentz symmetry with the full Fock space, and divergence issues with their functional representations. We present here a full solution avoiding those problems. The complete set of Fock states is obtained, together with the corresponding explicit wavefunctions and their inner product integrals free from any divergence problem and with Lorentz symmetry fully maintained without additional constraints imposed. By a simple choice of the pseudo-unitary representation of the underlying symmetry group, motivated from the perspective of the Minkowski spacetime as a representation for the Lorentz group, we obtain the natural non-unitary Fock space picture commonly considered, although not formulated and presented in the careful details given here. From a direct derivation of the appropriate basis state wavefunctions of the finite-dimensional irreducible representations of the Lorentz symmetry, the relation between the latter and the Fock state wavefunctions is also explicitly shown. Moreover, the full picture, including the states with a non-positive norm, may give a consistent physics picture as a version of Lorentz covariant quantum mechanics. The probability interpretation for the usual von Neumann measurements is not a problem, as all wavefunctions restricted to a definite value for the `time’ variable are just like those of the usual time independent quantum mechanics. A further understanding from a perspective of the dynamics from the symplectic geometry of the phase space is shortly discussed.

Symmetry ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 22
Author(s):  
Suzana Bedić ◽  
Otto C. W. Kong ◽  
Hock King Ting

We present the formulation of a version of Lorentz covariant quantum mechanics based on a group theoretical construction from a Heisenberg–Weyl symmetry with position and momentum operators transforming as Minkowski four-vectors. The basic representation is identified as a coherent state representation, essentially an irreducible component of the regular representation, with the matching representation of an extension of the group C*-algebra giving the algebra of observables. The key feature is that it is not unitary but pseudo-unitary, exactly in the same sense as the Minkowski spacetime representation. The language of pseudo-Hermitian quantum mechanics is adopted for a clear illustration of the aspect, with a metric operator obtained as really the manifestation of the Minkowski metric on the space of the state vectors. Explicit wavefunction description is given without any restriction of the variable domains, yet with a finite integral inner product. The associated covariant harmonic oscillator Fock state basis has all the standard properties in exact analog to those of a harmonic oscillator with Euclidean position and momentum operators. Galilean limit and the classical limit are retrieved rigorously through appropriate symmetry contractions of the algebra and its representation, including the dynamics described through the symmetry of the phase space.


2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (24) ◽  
pp. 1950190
Author(s):  
Won Sang Chung ◽  
Hassan Hassanabadi

In this paper, we consider the quantum mechanics with Dunkl derivative. We use the Dunkl derivative to obtain the coordinate representation of the momentum operator and Hamiltonian. We introduce the scalar product to find that the momentum is Hermitian under this inner product. We study the one-dimensional box problem (the spin-less particle with mass m confined to the one-dimensional infinite wall). Finally, we discuss the harmonic oscillator problem.


Entropy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 114
Author(s):  
Michael Silberstein ◽  
William Mark Stuckey ◽  
Timothy McDevitt

Our account provides a local, realist and fully non-causal principle explanation for EPR correlations, contextuality, no-signalling, and the Tsirelson bound. Indeed, the account herein is fully consistent with the causal structure of Minkowski spacetime. We argue that retrocausal accounts of quantum mechanics are problematic precisely because they do not fully transcend the assumption that causal or constructive explanation must always be fundamental. Unlike retrocausal accounts, our principle explanation is a complete rejection of Reichenbach’s Principle. Furthermore, we will argue that the basis for our principle account of quantum mechanics is the physical principle sought by quantum information theorists for their reconstructions of quantum mechanics. Finally, we explain why our account is both fully realist and psi-epistemic.


1998 ◽  
Vol 13 (34) ◽  
pp. 2731-2742 ◽  
Author(s):  
YUTAKA MATSUO

We give a reinterpretation of the matrix theory discussed by Moore, Nekrasov and Shatashivili (MNS) in terms of the second quantized operators which describes the homology class of the Hilbert scheme of points on surfaces. It naturally relates the contribution from each pole to the inner product of orthogonal basis of free boson Fock space. These bases can be related to the eigenfunctions of Calogero–Sutherland (CS) equation and the deformation parameter of MNS is identified with coupling of CS system. We discuss the structure of Virasoro symmetry in this model.


1993 ◽  
Vol 08 (28) ◽  
pp. 2657-2670 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. N. ILINSKI ◽  
V. M. UZDIN

We describe q-deformation of the extended supersymmetry and construct q-extended supersymmetric Hamiltonian. For this purpose we formulate q-superspace formalism and construct q-supertransformation group. On this basis q-extended supersymmetric Lagrangian is built. The canonical quantization of this system is considered. The connection with multi-dimensional matrix representations of the parasupersymmetric quantum mechanics is discussed and q-extended supersymmetric harmonic oscillator is considered as a simplest example of the described constructions. We show that extended supersymmetric Hamiltonians obey not only extended SUSY but also the whole family of symmetries (q-extended supersymmetry) which is parametrized by continuous parameter q on the unit circle.


2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-55
Author(s):  
Timothy Brian Huber

The harmonic oscillator is a quantum mechanical system that represents one of the most basic potentials. In order to understand the behavior of a particle within this system, the time-independent Schrödinger equation was solved; in other words, its eigenfunctions and eigenvalues were found. The first goal of this study was to construct a family of single parameter potentials and corresponding eigenfunctions with a spectrum similar to that of the harmonic oscillator. This task was achieved by means of supersymmetric quantum mechanics, which utilizes an intertwining operator that relates a known Hamiltonian with another whose potential is to be built. Secondly, a generalization of the technique was used to work with the time-dependent Schrödinger equation to construct new potentials and corresponding solutions.


2012 ◽  
Vol 09 (06) ◽  
pp. 1261009 ◽  
Author(s):  
DOMAGOJ KOVAČEVIĆ ◽  
STJEPAN MELJANAC

The κ-Minkowski spacetime and Lorentz algebra are unified in unique Lie algebra. Introducing commutative momenta, a family of κ-deformed Heisenberg algebras and κ-deformed Poincaré algebras are defined. They are determined by the matrix depending on momenta. Realizations and star product are defined and analyzed in general. The relation among the coproduct of momenta, realization and the star product is pointed out. Hopf algebra of the Poincaré algebra, related to the covariant realization, is presented in unified covariant form. Left–right dual realizations and dual algebra are introduced and considered. The generalized involution and the star inner product are defined and analyzed. Partial integration and deformed trace property are obtained in general. The translation invariance of the star product is pointed out.


2007 ◽  
Vol 22 (35) ◽  
pp. 2675-2687 ◽  
Author(s):  
LUIS F. BARRAGÁN-GIL ◽  
ABEL CAMACHO

In this work the conditions appearing in the so-called WKB approximation formalism of quantum mechanics are analyzed. It is shown that, in general, a careful definition of an approximation method requires the introduction of two length parameters, one of them always considered in the textbooks on quantum mechanics, whereas the other is usually neglected. Afterwards we define a particular family of potentials and prove, resorting to the aforementioned length parameters, that we may find an energy which is a lower bound to the ground energy of the system. The idea is applied to the case of a harmonic oscillator and also to a particle freely falling in a homogeneous gravitational field, and in both cases the consistency of our method is corroborated. This approach, together with the so-called Rayleigh–Ritz formalism, allows us to define an energy interval in which the ground energy of any potential, belonging to our family, must lie.


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