QUANTUM CANONICAL TRANSFORMATIONS IN WEYL-WIGNER-GROENEWOLD-MOYAL FORMALISM


Dereli T. T., Hakioglu T., Tegmen A.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS A, cilt.24, sa.24, ss.4573-4587, 2009 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 24 Sayı: 24
  • Basım Tarihi: 2009
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1142/s0217751x09044620
  • Dergi Adı: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS A
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.4573-4587
  • İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

A conjecture in quantum mechanics states that any quantum canonical transformation can decompose into a sequence of three basic canonical transformations; gauge, point and interchange of coordinates and momenta. It is shown that if one attempts to construct the three basic transformations in star-product form, while gauge and point transformations are immediate in star-exponential form, interchange has no correspondent, but it is possible in an ordinary exponential form. As an alternative approach, it is shown that all three basic transformations can be constructed in the ordinary exponential form and that in some cases this approach provides more useful tools than the star-exponential form in finding the generating function for given canonical transformation or vice versa. It is also shown that transforms of c-number phase space functions under linear-nonlinear canonical transformations and intertwining method can be treated with in this argument.