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Dispersion and entropy-like measures of multidimensional harmonic systems. Application to Rydberg states and high-dimensional oscillators

Quantum Physics 2020-09-07 v1

Abstract

The spreading properties of the stationary states of the quantum multidimensional harmonic oscillator are analytically discussed by means of the main dispersion measures (radial expectation values) and the fundamental entropy-like quantities (Fisher information, Shannon and R\'enyi entropies, disequilibrium) of its quantum probability distribution together with their associated uncertainty relations. They are explicitly given, at times in a closed compact form, by means of the potential parameters (oscillator strength, dimensionality, DD) and the hyperquantum numbers (nr,μ1,μ2,,μD1)(n_r,\mu_1,\mu_2,\ldots,\mu_{D-1}) which characterize the state. Emphasis is placed on the highly-excited Rydberg (high radial hyperquantum number nrn_r, fixed DD) and the high-dimensional (high DD, fixed hyperquantum numbers) states. We have used a methodology where the theoretical determination of the integral functionals of the Laguerre and Gegenbauer polynomials, which describe the spreading quantities, leans heavily on the algebraic properties and asymptotical behavior of some weighted Lq\mathfrak{L}_{q}-norms of these orthogonal functions.

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@article{arxiv.2009.02017,
  title  = {Dispersion and entropy-like measures of multidimensional harmonic systems. Application to Rydberg states and high-dimensional oscillators},
  author = {J. S. Dehesa and I. V. Toranzo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2009.02017},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

This manuscript has been accepted in European Physical Journal Plus