English

Time Operators of Harmonic Oscillators and Their Representations

Mathematical Physics 2024-04-10 v6 math.MP

Abstract

A time operator T^\eps\hat T_\eps of the one-dimensional harmonic oscillator h^\eps=\half(p2+\epsq2) \hat h_\eps=\half(p^2+\eps q^2) is rigorously constructed. It is formally expressed as T^\eps=\half1\eps(arctan(\epst^0)+arctan(\epst^1)) \hat T_\eps=\half\frac{1}{\sqrt \eps } (\arctan (\sqrt \eps \hat t_0)+\arctan (\sqrt \eps \hat t_1)) with t^0=p1q\hat t_0=p^{-1}q and t^1=qp1\hat t_1=qp^{-1}. It is shown that the canonical commutation relation [h\eps,T^\eps]=i\one[h_\eps, \hat T_\eps ]=-i\one holds true on a dense domain in the sense of sesqui-linear forms, and the limit of T^\eps\hat T_\eps as \eps0\eps\to 0 is shown. Finally a matrix representation of T^\eps\hat T_\eps and its analytic continuation are given.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.2201.06352,
  title  = {Time Operators of Harmonic Oscillators and Their Representations},
  author = {Fumio Hiroshima and Noriaki Teranishi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2201.06352},
  year   = {2024}
}
R2 v1 2026-06-24T08:52:13.870Z