Geometric Momentum for a Particle on a Curved Surface
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Publication:6227464
arXiv1109.0153MaRDI QIDQ6227464FDOQ6227464
Authors: Quan-hui Liu 
Publication date: 1 September 2011
Abstract: When a two-dimensional curved surface is conceived as a limiting case of a curved shell of equal thickness d, where the limit d
ightarrow0 is then taken, the well-known geometric potential is induced by the kinetic energy operator, in fact by the second order partial derivatives. Applying this confining procedure to the momentum operator, in fact to the first order partial derivatives, we find the so-called geometric momentum instead. This momentum is compatible with the Dirac's canonical quantization theory on system with second-class constraints. The distribution amplitudes of the geometric momentum on the spherical harmonics are analytically determined, and they are experimentally testable for rotational states of spherical molecules such as C_{60}.
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