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A New Symmetric Expression of Weyl Ordering

Quantum Physics 2009-11-10 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

For the creation operator \adag\adag and the annihilation operator aa of a harmonic oscillator, we consider Weyl ordering expression of (\adaga)n(\adag a)^n and obtain a new symmetric expression of Weyl ordering w.r.t. \adagaN\adag a \equiv N and a\adag=N+1a\adag =N+1 where NN is the number operator. Moreover, we interpret intertwining formulas of various orderings in view of the difference theory. Then we find that the noncommutative parameter corresponds to the increment of the difference operator w.r.t. variable NN. Therefore, quantum (noncommutative) calculations of harmonic oscillators are done by classical (commutative) ones of the number operator by using the difference theory. As a by-product, nontrivial relations including the Stirling number of the first kind are also obtained.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0304094,
  title  = {A New Symmetric Expression of Weyl Ordering},
  author = {Kazuyuki Fujii and Tatsuo Suzuki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0304094},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

15 pages, Latex2e, the title before replacement is "Orderings of Operators in Quantum Physics", new proofs by using a difference operator added, some references added, to appear in Modern Physics Letters A

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