Constraint-induced mean curvature dependence of Cartesian momentum operators

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/40/15/007MaRDI QIDQ3435870zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

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Publication date 7 May 2007

Published in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0910.0769

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Holonomic systems related to the dynamics of a system of particles (70F20) Selfadjoint operator theory in quantum theory, including spectral analysis (81Q10) Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20)

Abstract: The Hermitian Cartesian quantum momentum operator $mathbfp$ for an embedded surface $M$ in $R^3$ is proved to be a constant factor $-ihbar$ times the mean curvature vector field $Hmathbfn$ added to the usual differential term. With use of this form of momentum operators, the operator-ordering ambiguity exists in the construction of the correct kinetic energy operator and three different operator-orderings lead to the same result. PACS: 03.65.-w Quantum mechanics, 04.60.Ds Canonical quantization

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