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The semi-classical limit with delta potentials

Mathematical Physics 2020-08-10 v1 math.MP

Abstract

We consider the semi-classical limit of the quantum evolution of Gaussian coherent states whenever the Hamiltonian H\mathsf H is given, as sum of quadratic forms, by H=22md2dx2+˙αδ0\mathsf H= -\frac{\hbar^{2}}{2m}\,\frac{d^{2}\,}{dx^{2}}\,\dot{+}\,\alpha\delta_{0}, with αR\alpha\in\mathbb R and δ0\delta_{0} the Dirac delta-distribution at x=0x=0. We show that the quantum evolution can be approximated, uniformly for any time away from the collision time and with an error of order 3/2λ\hbar^{3/2-\lambda}, 0 ⁣< ⁣λ ⁣< ⁣3/20\!<\!\lambda\!<\!3/2, by the quasi-classical evolution generated by a self-adjoint extension of the restriction to Cc(M0)\mathcal C^{\infty}_{c}({\mathscr M}_{0}), M0:={(q,p) ⁣ ⁣R2q ⁣ ⁣0}{\mathscr M}_{0}:=\{(q,p)\!\in\!\mathbb R^{2}\,|\,q\!\not=\!0\}, of (i-i times) the generator of the free classical dynamics; such a self-adjoint extension does not correspond to the classical dynamics describing the complete reflection due to the infinite barrier. Similar approximation results are also provided for the wave and scattering operators.

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@article{arxiv.1907.05801,
  title  = {The semi-classical limit with delta potentials},
  author = {Claudio Cacciapuoti and Davide Fermi and Andrea Posilicano},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1907.05801},
  year   = {2020}
}

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