Hamiltonian approach to Ehrenfest expectation values and Gaussian quantum states

DOI10.1098/RSPA.2015.0777zbMATH Open1371.81034arXiv1507.02607OpenAlexW3099093011WikidataQ53884545 ScholiaQ53884545MaRDI QIDQ5363563FDOQ5363563

Authors: Esther Bonet Luz, Cesare Tronci 

Publication date: 29 September 2017

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

Abstract: The dynamics of quantum expectation values is considered in a geometric setting. First, expectation values of the canonical operators are shown to be equivariant momentum maps for the action of the Heisenberg group on quantum states. Then, the Hamiltonian structure of Ehrenfest's theorem is shown to be Lie-Poisson for a semidirect-product Lie group, named the `Ehrenfest group'. The underlying Poisson structure produces classical and quantum mechanics as special limit cases. In addition, quantum dynamics is expressed in the frame of the expectation values, in which the latter undergo canonical Hamiltonian motion. In the case of Gaussian states, expectation values dynamics couples to second-order moments, which also enjoy a momentum map structure. Eventually, Gaussian states are shown to possess a Lie-Poisson structure associated to another semidirect-product group, which is called the Jacobi group. This structure produces the energy-conserving variant of a class of Gaussian moment models previously appeared in the chemical physics literature.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1507.02607

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Momentum maps; symplectic reduction (53D20) Quantum state spaces, operational and probabilistic concepts (81P16)

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