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The semi-classical limit with a delta-prime potential

Mathematical Physics 2022-08-01 v1 math.MP

Abstract

We consider the quantum evolution eitHβψξe^{-i\frac{t}{\hbar}H_{\beta}} \psi_{\xi}^{\hbar} of a Gaussian coherent state ψξL2(R)\psi_{\xi}^{\hbar}\in L^{2}(\mathbb{R}) localized close to the classical state ξ(q,p)R2\xi \equiv (q,p) \in \mathbb{R}^{2}, where HβH_{\beta} denotes a self-adjoint realization of the formal Hamiltonian 22md2dx2+βδ0-\frac{\hbar^{2}}{2m}\,\frac{d^{2}\,}{dx^{2}} + \beta\,\delta'_{0}, with δ0\delta'_{0} the derivative of Dirac's delta distribution at x=0x = 0 and β\beta a real parameter. We show that in the semi-classical limit such a quantum evolution can be approximated (w.r.t. the L2(R)L^{2}(\mathbb{R})-norm, uniformly for any tRt \in \mathbb{R} away from the collision time) by eiAteitLBϕxe^{\frac{i}{\hbar} A_{t}} e^{it L_{B}} \phi^{\hbar}_{x}, where At=p2t2mA_{t} = \frac{p^{2}t}{2m}, ϕx(ξ):=ψξ(x)\phi_{x}^{\hbar}(\xi) := \psi^{\hbar}_{\xi}(x) and LBL_{B} is a suitable self-adjoint extension of the restriction to Cc(M0)\mathcal{C}^{\infty}_{c}({\mathscr M}_{0}), M0:={(q,p)R2q0}{\mathscr M}_{0} := \{(q,p) \in \mathbb{R}^{2}\,|\,q \neq 0\}, of (i-i times) the generator of the free classical dynamics. While the operator LBL_{B} here utilized is similar to the one appearing in our previous work [C. Cacciapuoti, D. Fermi, A. Posilicano, The semi-classical limit with a delta potential, Annali di Matematica Pura e Applicata (2020)] regarding the semi-classical limit with a delta potential, in the present case the approximation gives a smaller error: it is of order 7/2λ\hbar^{7/2-\lambda}, 0<λ<1/20 < \lambda < 1/2, whereas it turns out to be of order 3/2λ\hbar^{3/2-\lambda}, 0<λ<3/20 < \lambda < 3/2, for the delta potential. We also provide similar approximation results for both the wave and scattering operators.

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@article{arxiv.2012.12735,
  title  = {The semi-classical limit with a delta-prime potential},
  author = {Claudio Cacciapuoti and Davide Fermi and Andrea Posilicano},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2012.12735},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

24 pages. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1907.05801

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