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Classical echoes of quantum boundary conditions

Quantum Physics 2024-10-08 v1

Abstract

We consider a non-relativistic particle in a one-dimensional box with all possible quantum boundary conditions that make the kinetic-energy operator selfadjoint. We determine the Wigner functions of the corresponding eigenfunctions and analyze in detail their classical limit in the high-energy regime. We show that the quantum boundary conditions split into two classes: all local and regular boundary conditions collapse to the same classical boundary condition, while singular non-local boundary conditions slightly persist in the classical limit.

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@article{arxiv.2404.17430,
  title  = {Classical echoes of quantum boundary conditions},
  author = {Giuliano Angelone and Paolo Facchi and Marilena Ligabò},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.17430},
  year   = {2024}
}

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25 pages, 12 figures

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