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Self-adjoint extensions for a $p^{4}$-corrected Hamiltonian of a particle on a finite interval

Mathematical Physics 2022-07-27 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Theory math.MP

Abstract

In the present paper we deal with the issue of finding the self-adjoint extensions of a p4p^4-corrected Hamiltonian. The importance of this subject lies on the application of the concepts of quantum mechanics to the minimal-length scale scenario which describes an effective theory of quantum gravity. We work in a finite one dimensional interval and we give the explicit U(4)U(4) parametrization that leads to the self-adjoint extensions. Once the parametrization is known, we can choose appropriate U(4)U(4) matrices to model physical problems. As examples, we discuss the infinite square-well, periodic conditions, anti-periodic conditions and periodic conditions up to a prescribed phase. We hope that the parametrization we found will contribute to model other interesting physical situations in further works.

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@article{arxiv.2204.00687,
  title  = {Self-adjoint extensions for a $p^{4}$-corrected Hamiltonian of a particle on a finite interval},
  author = {B. B. Dilem and J. C. Fabris and J. A. Nogueira},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2204.00687},
  year   = {2022}
}