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It is shown that the photon position operator $\hat{\vec{X}}$ with commuting components can be written in the momentum representation as $\hat{\vec{X}}=i \hat{\vec{D}}$, where $\hat{\vec{D}}$ is a flat connection in the tangent bundle…

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We derive ground state eigenfunctions and eigenvalues of various relativistic elliptic integrable models. The models we discuss appear in computations of superconformal indices of four-dimensional theories obtained by compactifying…

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We show that the cylindrical symmetry of the eigenvectors of the photon position operator with commuting components, x, reflects the E(2) symmetry of the photon little group. The eigenvectors of x form a basis of localized states that have…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-06-26 Margaret Hawton , Vincent Debierre

We consider the discrete Schr\"odinger operator $H=-\Delta+V$ on a cube $M\subset \mathbb{Z}^d$, with periodic or Dirichlet (simple) boundary conditions. We use a hidden landscape function $u$, defined as the solution of an inhomogeneous…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-05-12 Wei Wang , Shiwen Zhang

The monochromatic Dirac and polychromatic Titulaer-Glauber quantized field theories (QFTs) of electromagnetism are derived from a photon-energy wave function in much the same way that one derives QFT for electrons, that is, by quantization…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 Brian J. Smith , M. G. Raymer

In this paper the representation of the position operator and the Lie-Hamilton equation in the discrete momentum space.

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-01-01 Won Sang Chung

We deform Heisenberg algebra and corresponding coalgebra by twist. We present undeformed and deformed tensor identities. Coalgebras for the generalized Poincar\'{e} algebras have been constructed. The exact universal $R$-matrix for the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-06-04 Stjepan Meljanac , Andjelo Samsarov , Rina Strajn

Motivated by potential theory on discrete spaces, we study a family of unbounded Hermitian operators in Hilbert space which generalize the usual graph-theoretic discrete Laplacian. These operators are discrete analogues of the classical…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2011-02-01 Palle E. T. Jorgensen , Erin P. J. Pearse

A spectral representation for solutions to linear Hamilton equations with nonnegative energy in Hilbert spaces is obtained. This paper continues our previous work on Hamilton equations with positive definite energy. Our approach is a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-05-19 A. Komech , E. Kopylova

We explore the possibilities of reaching the characterization of eigenfunction of Laplacian as a degenerate case of the inverse Paley-Wiener theorem (characterizing functions whose Fourier transform is supported on a compact annulus) for…

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Wave particle duality remains a central interpretational challenge in quantum theory. In this work, we develop a trajectory-based description of photon dynamics formulated in an extended complex space within the relativistic quantum…

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Second order supersymmetric approach is taken to the system describing motion of a quantum particle in a potential endowed with position-dependent effective mass. It is shown that the intertwining relations between second order partner…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 A. Ganguly , L. M. Nieto

A representation theorem for non-semibounded Hermitian quadratic forms in terms of a (non-semibounded) self-adjoint operator is proven. The main assumptions are closability of the Hermitian quadratic form, the direct integral structure of…

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For even dimensional conformal manifolds several new conformally invariant objects were found recently: invariant differential complexes related to, but distinct from, the de Rham complex (these are elliptic in the case of Riemannian…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2009-11-13 A. Rod Gover , Josef Silhan

Uncertainty relation for photons that overcomes the difficulties caused by the nonexistence of the photon position operator is derived in quantum electrodynamics. The photon energy density plays the role of the probability density in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-04-05 Iwo Bialynicki-Birula , Zofia Bialynicka-Birula

We consider complex eigenstates of unstable Hamiltonian and its physically meaningful regions. Starting from a simple model of a discrete state interacting with a continuum via a general potential, we show that its Lippmann-Schwinger…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-03-13 Sungyun Kim

We examine a specific category of eigenfunctions of the lattice Laplacian on $\{p,q\}$-tessellations of the Poincar\'e disk that bear resemblance to plane waves in the continuum case. Our investigation reveals that the lattice eigenmodes…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-08-08 Eric Petermann , Haye Hinrichsen

Using coherent-state representations of quantum mechanics (Bargmann, Husimi, and stellar representations), we describe analytically the phase-space structure of the general eigenstates corresponding to a 1-dimensional bilinear hyperbolic…

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Coupled states of semiconductor quantum well (QW) excitons and photons in a two dimensional (2D) periodic lattice of microcavities are analyzed theoretically, revealing allowed bands and forbidden gaps in the energy spectrum of exciton…

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In this paper, we examine eigenfunctions of a generalized Landau Magnetic Laplacian that models the physics of an electron confined to a plane in a magnetic field orthogonal to the plane. This operator has an infinite dimensional null space…

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