Hamiltonian systems of equations for quantum means (Q1905329): Difference between revisions

The authors study the family of systems of ordinary differential equations (1) \({d\eta\over dt}= \Psi\cdot \nabla_\eta\overline{{\mathcal H}}\), indexed by \(M= 0, 1, 2,\dots, \infty\), where \(\eta= \eta^{(M)}\) is a vector of the phase space, whose dimensionality depends on \(M\), and the matrix-valued function \(\Psi= \Psi^{(M)}(\eta)\) and the function \(\overline{{\mathcal H}}= \overline{{\mathcal H}}^{(M)}(\eta)\) have a special form. For fixed \(M< \infty\), we call system (1) a finite \(M\)-system, and for \(M= \infty\), we call system (1) an infinite system. Given a state \(\psi\) of the quantum system described by the Schrödinger equation, the quantum means \(\overline x(t)\), \(\overline p(t)\) with respect to \(\psi\) are the first \(2N\) components of the exact solution of \(\infty\)-system (1). It is shown that the \(\infty\)-system is a Hamiltonian system. Next, finite \(M\)-systems are considered. For finite \(M\geq 4\), the authors didn't succeed in constructing a Poisson bracket relative to which \(M\)-systems (1) are Hamiltonian.