Nonlinear canonical transformations in classical and quantum mechanics

DOI10.1063/1.1771482zbMATH Open1071.81076arXivquant-ph/0401160OpenAlexW3105132310MaRDI QIDQ4833489FDOQ4833489

Alastair Brodlie

Publication date: 15 December 2004

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

Abstract: $p$-Mechanics is a consistent physical theory which describes both classical and quantum mechanics simultaneously through the representation theory of the Heisenberg group. In this paper we describe how non-linear canonical transformations affect $p$-mechanical observables and states. Using this we show how canonical transformations change a quantum mechanical system. We seek an operator on the set of $p$-mechanical observables which corresponds to the classical canonical transformation. In order to do this we derive a set of integral equations which when solved will give us the coherent state expansion of this operator. The motivation for these integral equations comes from the work of Moshinsky and a variety of collaborators. We consider a number of examples and discuss the use of these equations for non-bijective transformations.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0401160

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General quantum mechanics and problems of quantization (81S99) Canonical and symplectic transformations for problems in Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics (70H15)

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