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.

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