Minimal Length and the Quantum Bouncer: A Nonperturbative Study
High Energy Physics - Theory
2012-05-18 v1 Quantum Physics
Abstract
We present the energy eigenvalues of a quantum bouncer in the framework of the Generalized (Gravitational) Uncertainty Principle (GUP) via quantum mechanical and semiclassical schemes. In this paper, we use two equivalent nonperturbative representations of a deformed commutation relation in the form [X,P]=i\hbar(1+\beta P^2) where \beta is the GUP parameter. The new representation is formally self-adjoint and preserves the ordinary nature of the position operator. We show that both representations result in the same modified semiclassical energy spectrum and agrees well with the quantum mechanical description.
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@article{arxiv.1201.2802,
title = {Minimal Length and the Quantum Bouncer: A Nonperturbative Study},
author = {Pouria Pedram},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1201.2802},
year = {2012}
}
Comments
14 pages, 2 figures, to appear in Int. J. Theor. Phys