Quantum canonical transformations. Physical equivalence of quantum theories

1993/02/15 by Arlen Anderson · 5 citations
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Algebraic and Geometric Analysis #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Quantum and Classical Electrodynamics #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/0370-2693(93)91106-w

published as Phys.Lett.B305:67-70,1993 · 11 pages, Imperial/TP/92-93/20

arxiv created 1993/02/15 · openalex publication_date 1993/05/01 · arxiv updated 2010/11/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

Two quantum theories are physically equivalent if they are related, not by a unitary transformation, but by an isometric transformation. The conditions under which a quantum canonical transformation is an isometric transformation are given.

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