Physics – Quantum Physics
Scientific paper
1997-03-06
Physics
Quantum Physics
12 pages, RevTeX, 7 PS figures. Change made to title
Scientific paper
The composition of the quantum potential and its role in the breakdown of classical symplectic symmetry in quantum mechanics is investigated. General expressions are derived for the quantum potential in both configuration space and momentum space representations. By comparing the configuration space and momentum space representations of the causal interpretation of quantum mechanics, the quantum potential is shown to break the symplectic symmetry that exists between these two representations in classical mechanics. In addition, it is shown that the quantum potential in configuration space may be expressed as the sum of a momentum dispersion energy and a spatial localisation energy; a complementary expression for the quantum potential being found in the momentum representation. The composition and role of the quantum potential in both representations is analysed for a particle in a linear potential and for two eigenstates of the quantum harmonic oscillator.
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