Three-Hilbert-Space Formulation of Quantum Mechanics
Znojil, Miloslav
arXiv, 0901.0700 / Harvested from arXiv
In paper [Znojil M., Phys. Rev. D 78 (2008), 085003, 5 pages, arXiv:0809.2874] the two-Hilbert-space (2HS, a.k.a. cryptohermitian) formulation of Quantum Mechanics has been revisited. In the present continuation of this study (with the spaces in question denoted as ${\cal H}^{\rm (auxiliary)}$ and ${\cal H}^{\rm (standard)}$) we spot a weak point of the 2HS formalism which lies in the double role played by ${\cal H}^{\rm (auxiliary)}$. As long as this confluence of roles may (and did!) lead to confusion in the literature, we propose an amended, three-Hilbert-space (3HS) reformulation of the same theory. As a byproduct of our analysis of the formalism we offer an amendment of the Dirac's bra-ket notation and we also show how its use clarifies the concept of covariance in time-dependent cases. Via an elementary example we finally explain why in certain quantum systems the generator $H_{\rm (gen)}$ of the time-evolution of the wave functions may differ from their Hamiltonian $H$.
Publié le : 2009-01-06
Classification:  Quantum Physics,  Mathematical Physics
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     journal = {arXiv},
     volume = {2009},
     number = {0},
     year = {2009},
     language = {en},
     url = {http://dml.mathdoc.fr/item/0901.0700}
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Znojil, Miloslav. Three-Hilbert-Space Formulation of Quantum Mechanics. arXiv, Tome 2009 (2009) no. 0, . http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/0901.0700/