Darboux-integration of idρ/dt=[H,f(ρ)]

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2000-05-06

arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0005030v2

Phys. Lett. A 279 (2001) 333

Physics

Quantum Physics

revtex, 5 pages, 2 eps figures, submitted to Phys.Lett.A infinite-dimensional example is added

Scientific paper

10.1016/S0375-9601(01)00013-5

A Darboux-type method of solving the nonlinear von Neumann equation $i\dot \rho=[H,f(\rho)]$, with functions $f(\rho)$ commuting with $\rho$, is developed. The technique is based on a representation of the nonlinear equation by a compatibility condition for an overdetermined linear system. von Neumann equations with various nonlinearities $f(\rho)$ are found to possess the so-called self-scattering solutions. To illustrate the result we consider the Hamiltonian $H$ of a one-dimensional harmonic oscillator and $f(\rho)=\rho^q-2\rho^{q-1}$ with arbitary real $q$. It is shown that self-scattering solutions possess the same asymptotics for all $q$ and that different nonlinearities may lead to effectively indistinguishable evolutions. The result may have implications for nonextensive statistics and experimental tests of linearity of quantum mechanics.

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