Canonically conjugate pairs and phase operators

Details Canonically conjugate pairs and phase operators Canonically conjugate pairs and phase operators

2002-04-24

arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0204139v1

Physics

Quantum Physics

4 pages, 5 figures. Phys. Rev. A, in press

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For quantum mechanics on a lattice the position (``particle number'') operator and the quasi-momentum (``phase'') operator obey canonical commutation relations (CCR) only on a dense set of the Hilbert space. We compare exact numerical results for a particle in simple potentials on the lattice with the expectations, when the CCR are assumed to be strictly obeyed. Only for sufficiently smooth eigenfunctions this leads to reasonable results. In the long time limit the use of the CCR can lead to a qualitativel wrong dynamics even if the initial state is in the dense set.

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