Coordinate representation for non-Hermitian position and momentum operators

DOI10.1098/RSPA.2017.0434zbMATH Open1402.81040arXiv1708.03578OpenAlexW3100614028MaRDI QIDQ4557149FDOQ4557149

Authors: Fabio Bagarello, F. Gargano, Salvatore Spagnolo, Salvatore Triolo 

Publication date: 29 November 2018

Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper we undertake an analysis of the eigenstates of two non self-adjoint operators $hatq$ and $hatp$ similar, in a suitable sense, to the self-adjoint position and momentum operators $hat{q}_0$ and $hat{p}_0$ usually adopted in ordinary quantum mechanics. In particular we discuss conditions for these eigenstates to be {em biorthogonal distributions}, and we discuss few of their properties. We illustrate our results with two examples, one in which the similarity map between the self-adjoint and the non self-adjoint is bounded, with bounded inverse, and the other in which this is not true. We also briefly propose an alternative strategy to deal with $hatq$ and $hatp$, based on the so-called {em quasi *-algebras}.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1708.03578

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zbMATH Keywords

generalized eigenvectorsposition operatorsquasi\(^\ast\)-algebras

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum state spaces, operational and probabilistic concepts (81P16) Quantum equilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82B10) Applications of selfadjoint operator algebras to physics (46L60)

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