Breakdown of Ehrenfest theorem for free particle constrained on a hypersurface
Quantum Physics
2018-02-07 v1 Mathematical Physics
math.MP
Abstract
There is a belief that the Ehrenfest theorem holds true universally. We demonstrate that for a classically nonrelativistic particle constrained on an () curved hypersurface embedded in flat space, the theorem breaks down.
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@article{arxiv.1802.01849,
title = {Breakdown of Ehrenfest theorem for free particle constrained on a hypersurface},
author = {Q. Li and Z. Li and X. Wang and Q. H. Liu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1802.01849},
year = {2018}
}
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