Recurrence in quantum mechanics

DOI10.1023/A:1013217415677MaRDI QIDQ5959889zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Rocco Duvenhage

Publication date 11 April 2002

Published in International Journal of Theoretical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0202023

zbMATH Keywords

\(C^*\)-algebrasfinite von Neumann algebraHamiltonian systemsoperator algebrasquantum dynamicsrecurrence

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General theory of (C^*)-algebras (46L05) Noncommutative dynamical systems (46L55) Applications of operator theory in the physical sciences (47N50) Axiomatic quantum field theory; operator algebras (81T05)

Abstract: We first compare the mathematical structure of quantum and classical mechanics when both are formulated in a C*-algebraic framework. By using finite von Neumann algebras, a quantum mechanical analogue of Liouville's theorem is then proposed. We proceed to study Poincare recurrence in C*-algebras by mimicking the measure theoretic setting. The results are interpreted as recurrence in quantum mechanics, similar to Poincare recurrence in classical mechanics.

Review text

The mathematical of both classical and quantum mechanics can be formulated in a \(C^*\)-algebraic framework, by departing from the paper by \textit{C. P. Niculescu} et al. [J. Operator Theory, in press)] on noncommutative extensions of classical and multiple recurrence theorems, the present author explores the \(C^*\)-algebra reformulation of classical and quantum dynamics. Building on the algebraic analogy, an attempt is made to construct quantum versions of Liouville's theorem and that of Poincaré's recurrence.

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