Smoothness of Wave Functions in Thermal Equilibrium
Tumulka, Roderich ; Zanghi, Nino
arXiv, 0509028 / Harvested from arXiv
We consider the thermal equilibrium distribution at inverse temperature $\beta$, or canonical ensemble, of the wave function $\Psi$ of a quantum system. Since $L^2$ spaces contain more nondifferentiable than differentiable functions, and since the thermal equilibrium distribution is very spread-out, one might expect that $\Psi$ has probability zero to be differentiable. However, we show that for relevant Hamiltonians the contrary is the case: with probability one, $\Psi$ is infinitely often differentiable and even analytic. We also show that with probability one, $\Psi$ lies in the domain of the Hamiltonian.
Publié le : 2005-09-13
Classification:  Mathematical Physics,  Quantum Physics,  82B10,  60G15,  60G17
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     author = {Tumulka, Roderich and Zanghi, Nino},
     title = {Smoothness of Wave Functions in Thermal Equilibrium},
     journal = {arXiv},
     volume = {2005},
     number = {0},
     year = {2005},
     language = {en},
     url = {http://dml.mathdoc.fr/item/0509028}
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Tumulka, Roderich; Zanghi, Nino. Smoothness of Wave Functions in Thermal Equilibrium. arXiv, Tome 2005 (2005) no. 0, . http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/0509028/