Smoothness of Wave Functions in Thermal Equilibrium
Mathematical Physics
2007-05-23 v1 math.MP
Quantum Physics
Abstract
We consider the thermal equilibrium distribution at inverse temperature , or canonical ensemble, of the wave function of a quantum system. Since spaces contain more nondifferentiable than differentiable functions, and since the thermal equilibrium distribution is very spread-out, one might expect that has probability zero to be differentiable. However, we show that for relevant Hamiltonians the contrary is the case: with probability one, is infinitely often differentiable and even analytic. We also show that with probability one, lies in the domain of the Hamiltonian.
Cite
@article{arxiv.math-ph/0509028,
title = {Smoothness of Wave Functions in Thermal Equilibrium},
author = {Roderich Tumulka and Nino Zanghi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math-ph/0509028},
year = {2007}
}
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