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The Angular Momentum Dilemma and Born-Jordan Quantization

Quantum Physics 2016-11-03 v4 Mathematical Physics math.MP Operator Algebras

Abstract

We have shown in previous work that the rigorous equivalence of the Schr\"odinger and Heisenberg pictures requires that one uses Born-Jordan quantization in place of Weyl quantization. It also turns out that the so-called Dahl-Springborg angular momentum dilemma disappears if one uses Born--Jordan quantization. These two facts strongly suggest that the latter is the only true quantization procedure, and this leads to a redefinition of phase space quantum mechanics, where the usual Wigner distribution has to be replaced with a new distribution.

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@article{arxiv.1502.04998,
  title  = {The Angular Momentum Dilemma and Born-Jordan Quantization},
  author = {Maurice A. de Gosson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1502.04998},
  year   = {2016}
}

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