In this paper, we undertake an analysis of the eigenstates of two non-self-adjoint operators q^q^ and p^p^ similar, in a suitable sense, to the self-adjoint position and momentum operators q^0 q^0 and p^0 p^0 usually adopted in ordinary quantum mechanics. In particular, we discuss conditions for these eigenstates to be biorthogonal distributions, and we discuss a few of their properties. We illustrate our results with two examples, one in which the similarity map between the self-adjoint and the non-self-adjoint is bounded, with bounded inverse, and the other in which this is not true. We also briefly propose an alternative strategy to deal with q^ q^ and p^ p^, based on the so-called quasi *-algebras.

Bagarello, F., Gargano, F., Spagnolo, S., Triolo, S. (2017). Coordinate representation for non-Hermitian position and momentum operators. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. SERIES A, 473(2205), 1-13 [10.1098/rspa.2017.0434].

Coordinate representation for non-Hermitian position and momentum operators

BAGARELLO, Fabio
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GARGANO, Francesco;SPAGNOLO, Salvatore;TRIOLO, Salvatore
2017-01-01

Abstract

In this paper, we undertake an analysis of the eigenstates of two non-self-adjoint operators q^q^ and p^p^ similar, in a suitable sense, to the self-adjoint position and momentum operators q^0 q^0 and p^0 p^0 usually adopted in ordinary quantum mechanics. In particular, we discuss conditions for these eigenstates to be biorthogonal distributions, and we discuss a few of their properties. We illustrate our results with two examples, one in which the similarity map between the self-adjoint and the non-self-adjoint is bounded, with bounded inverse, and the other in which this is not true. We also briefly propose an alternative strategy to deal with q^ q^ and p^ p^, based on the so-called quasi *-algebras.
2017
Bagarello, F., Gargano, F., Spagnolo, S., Triolo, S. (2017). Coordinate representation for non-Hermitian position and momentum operators. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. SERIES A, 473(2205), 1-13 [10.1098/rspa.2017.0434].
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