Publication:602002

DOI10.1016/J.AOP.2010.02.011zbMATH Open1200.81099arXiv0912.4659OpenAlexW1980144528WikidataQ58981396 ScholiaQ58981396MaRDI QIDQ602002FDOQ602002

Daniel W. Hook, Peter N. Meisinger, Carl M. Bender, Qing-hai Wang

Publication date: 29 October 2010

Published in: Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The correspondence principle asserts that quantum mechanics resembles classical mechanics in the high-quantum-number limit. In the past few years many papers have been published on the extension of both quantum mechanics and classical mechanics into the complex domain. However, the question of whether complex quantum mechanics resembles complex classical mechanics at high energy has not yet been studied. This paper introduces the concept of a local quantum probability density $ho(z)$ in the complex plane. It is shown that there exist infinitely many complex contours $C$ of infinite length on which $ho(z)dz$ is real and positive. Furthermore, the probability integral $in{t}_{C}ho(z)dz$ is finite. Demonstrating the existence of such contours is the essential element in establishing the correspondence between complex quantum and classical mechanics. The mathematics needed to analyze these contours is subtle and involves the use of asymptotics beyond all orders.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0912.4659

zbMATH Keywords

correspondence principle\(\mathcal{PT}\) symmetryhyperasymptotics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hamilton's equations (70H05) General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics (81Q05) General mathematical topics and methods in quantum theory (81Q99) Phase-space methods including Wigner distributions, etc. applied to problems in quantum mechanics (81S30) Alternative quantum mechanics (including hidden variables, etc.) (81Q65)

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