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The Landau problem and noncommutative quantum mechanics

High Energy Physics - Theory 2008-11-26 v4

Abstract

The conditions under which noncommutative quantum mechanics and the Landau problem are equivalent theories is explored. If the potential in noncommutative quantum mechanics is chosen as V=ΩV= \Omega \aleph with \aleph defined in the text, then for the value θ~=0.22×1011cm2{\tilde \theta} = 0.22 \times 10^{-11} cm^2 (that measures the noncommutative effects of the space), the Landau problem and noncommutative quantum mechanics are equivalent theories in the lowest Landau level. For other systems one can find differents values for θ~{\tilde \theta} and, therefore, the possible bounds for θ~{\tilde \theta} should be searched in a physical independent scenario. This last fact could explain the differents bounds for θ~\tilde \theta found in the literature.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0104224,
  title  = {The Landau problem and noncommutative quantum mechanics},
  author = {J. Gamboa and M. Loewe and F. Mendez and J. C. Rojas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0104224},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

This a rewritten and corrected version of our previous preprint hep-th/0105173

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