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Phase-Modulus Relations in Cyclic Wave Functions

Quantum Physics 2009-11-10 v1

Abstract

We derive reciprocal integral relations between phases and amplitude moduli for a class of wave functions that are cyclically varying in time. The relations imply that changes of a certain kind (e.g. not arising from the dynamic phase) obligate changes in the other. Numerical results indicate the approximate validity of the relationships for arbitrarily (non-cyclically) varying states in the adiabatic (slowly changing) limit.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0406218,
  title  = {Phase-Modulus Relations in Cyclic Wave Functions},
  author = {R. Englman and A. Yahalom and M. Baer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0406218},
  year   = {2009}
}

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12 pages, 3 figures