An approach to nonstandard quantum mechanics

DOI10.1063/1.1812358MaRDI QIDQ3024151zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Andreas Raab

Publication date 30 June 2005

Published in Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0612082

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of operator theory in the physical sciences (47N50) General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Other applications of nonstandard models (economics, physics, etc.) (03H10) Nonstandard operator theory (47S20)

Abstract: We use nonstandard analysis to formulate quantum mechanics in hyperfinite-dimensional spaces. Self-adjoint operators on hyperfinite-dimensional spaces have complete eigensets, and bound states and continuum states of a Hamiltonian can thus be treated on an equal footing. We show that the formalism extends the standard formulation of quantum mechanics. To this end we develop the Loeb-function calculus in nonstandard hulls. The idea is to perform calculations in a hyperfinite-dimensional space, but to interpret expectation values in the corresponding nonstandard hull. We further apply the framework to non-relativistic quantum scattering theory. For time-dependent scattering theory, we identify the starting time and the finishing time of a scattering experiment, and we obtain a natural separation of time scales on which the preparation process, the interaction process, and the detection process take place. For time-independent scattering theory, we derive rigorously explicit formulas for the M{o}ller wave operators and the S-Matrix.

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