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Scattering and Bound States of a Deformed Quantum Mechanics

High Energy Physics - Theory 2012-07-09 v1 Quantum Physics

Abstract

We construct the exact position representation of a deformed quantum mechanics which exhibits an intrinsic maximum momentum and use it to study problems such as a particle in a box and scattering from a step potential, among others. In particular, we show that unlike usual quantum mechanics, the present deformed case delays the formation of bound states in a finite potential well. In the process we also highlight some limitations and pit-falls of low-momentum or perturbative treatments and thus resolve two puzzles occurring in the literature.

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@article{arxiv.1207.1519,
  title  = {Scattering and Bound States of a Deformed Quantum Mechanics},
  author = {Chee-Leong Ching and Rajesh Parwani},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1207.1519},
  year   = {2012}
}