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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 β\beta, or canonical ensemble, of the wave function Ψ\Psi of a quantum system. Since L2L^2 spaces contain more nondifferentiable than differentiable functions, and since the thermal equilibrium distribution is very spread-out, one might expect that Ψ\Psi has probability zero to be differentiable. However, we show that for relevant Hamiltonians the contrary is the case: with probability one, Ψ\Psi is infinitely often differentiable and even analytic. We also show that with probability one, Ψ\Psi lies in the domain of the Hamiltonian.

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@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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16 pages LaTeX, no figures

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