Position and momentum uncertainties of a particle in a V-shaped potential under the minimal length uncertainty relation

DOI10.1142/S0217751X15502061zbMATH Open1337.81064arXiv1402.7191OpenAlexW1773870208MaRDI QIDQ2806247FDOQ2806247

Authors: Zachary Lewis, Ahmed Roman, Tatsu Takeuchi 

Publication date: 17 May 2016

Published in: International Journal of Modern Physics A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We calculate the uncertainties in the position and momentum of a particle in the 1D potential V(x)=F|x|, F>0, when the position and momentum operators obey the deformed commutation relation [x,p]=ihbar(1+�eta p^2), �eta>0. As in the harmonic oscillator case, which was investigated in a previous publication, the Hamiltonian H_1 = p^2/2m + F|x| admits discrete positive energy eigenstates for both positive and negative mass. The uncertainties for the positive mass states behave as Delta x ~ 1/Delta p as in the �eta=0 limit. For the negative mass states, however, in contrast to the harmonic oscillator case where we had Delta x ~ Delta p, both Delta x and Delta p diverge. We argue that the existence of the negative mass states and the divergence of their uncertainties can be understood by taking the classical limit of the theory. Comparison of our results is made with previous work by Benczik.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1402.7191

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zbMATH Keywords

generalized uncertainty relationminimal length uncertainty relationposition and momentum uncertainties

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Selfadjoint operator theory in quantum theory, including spectral analysis (81Q10) Quantum mechanics on special spaces: manifolds, fractals, graphs, lattices (81Q35) Commutation relations and statistics as related to quantum mechanics (general) (81S05) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45)

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