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Action Variable Quantization, Energy Quantization, and Time Parametrization

Quantum Physics 2017-02-28 v3

Abstract

The additional information within a Hamilton-Jacobi representation of quantum mechanics is extra, in general, to the Schr\"odinger representation. This additional information specifies the microstate of ψ\psi that is incorporated into the quantum reduced action, WW. Non-physical solutions of the quantum stationary Hamilton-Jacobi equation for energies that are not Hamiltonian eigenvalues are examined to establish Lipschitz continuity of the quantum reduced action and conjugate momentum. Milne quantization renders the eigenvalue JJ. Eigenvalues JJ and EE mutually imply each other. Jacobi's theorem generates a microstate-dependent time parametrization tτ=EWt-\tau=\partial_E W even where energy, EE, and action variable, JJ, are quantized eigenvalues. Substantiating examples are examined in a Hamilton-Jacobi representation including the linear harmonic oscillator numerically and the square well in closed form. Two byproducts are developed. First, the monotonic behavior of WW is shown to ease numerical and analytic computations. Second, a Hamilton-Jacobi representation, quantum trajectories, is shown to develop the standard energy quantization formulas of wave mechanics..

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@article{arxiv.1508.00291,
  title  = {Action Variable Quantization, Energy Quantization, and Time Parametrization},
  author = {Edward R. Floyd},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1508.00291},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

Accepted for publication by "Foundations of Physics". Published on-line. Author's final version. Major modifications to improve precision, focus, organization and clarity of exposition. Figures and Tables unchanged. Open universe assumed

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