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自旋的离散Moyal型表示

Discrete Moyal-type Representations for a Spin

Stephan Heiss, Stefan Weigert

摘要:

在莫亚尔的量子力学公式中,量子自旋s是用连续的符号来描述的,即用二维球面上的光滑函数来描述。将算子与维格纳函数、P-或Q-符号相关联的这种规定,可以方便地用满足Stratonovich-Weyl假设的算子核来表示。类似于这种方法,一个离散的Moyal形式主义定义的基础上修改的一套假设。结果表明,适当修改的假设挑出一个定义明确的一组内核,从而产生离散的符号。现在,运算符由在球体的(2s+1)(2s+1)个点上取值的函数表示。与连续符号相反,离散符号不包含冗余信息。详细计算了量子自旋的离散Moyal形式的性质,并与连续形式进行了比较,并以自旋1/2为例进行了说明。

英文摘要:

In Moyal's formulation of quantum mechanics, a quantum spin s is described in terms of continuous symbols, i.e. by smooth functions on a two-dimensional sphere. Such prescriptions to associate operators with Wigner functions, P- or Q-symbols, are conveniently expressed in terms of operator kernels satisfying the Stratonovich-Weyl postulates. In analogy to this approach, a discrete Moyal formalism is defined on the basis of a modified set of postulates. It is shown that appropriately modified postulates single out a well-defined set of kernels which give rise to discrete symbols. Now operators are represented by functions taking values on (2s+1)(2s+1) points of the sphere. The discrete symbols contain no redundant information, contrary to the continuous ones. The properties of the resulting discrete Moyal formalism for a quantum spin are worked out in detail and compared to the continuous formalism, and it is illustrated by the example of a spin 1/2.

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