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Wigner quantization of some one-dimensional Hamiltonians

Mathematical Physics 2015-05-20 v1 math.MP Quantum Physics

Abstract

Recently, several papers have been dedicated to the Wigner quantization of different Hamiltonians. In these examples, many interesting mathematical and physical properties have been shown. Among those we have the ubiquitous relation with Lie superalgebras and their representations. In this paper, we study two one-dimensional Hamiltonians for which the Wigner quantization is related with the orthosymplectic Lie superalgebra osp(1|2). One of them, the Hamiltonian H = xp, is popular due to its connection with the Riemann zeros, discovered by Berry and Keating on the one hand and Connes on the other. The Hamiltonian of the free particle, H_f = p^2/2, is the second Hamiltonian we will examine. Wigner quantization introduces an extra representation parameter for both of these Hamiltonians. Canonical quantization is recovered by restricting to a specific representation of the Lie superalgebra osp(1|2).

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@article{arxiv.1011.2305,
  title  = {Wigner quantization of some one-dimensional Hamiltonians},
  author = {Gilles Regniers and Joris Van der Jeugt},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1011.2305},
  year   = {2015}
}
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