Chapter 29 Time evolution of system Masatsugu Sei Suzuki ...
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Chapter 29 Time evolution of system Masatsugu Sei Suzuki
Department of Physics, SUNY at Binghamton (Date: November 22, 2010)
Schrödinger picture Heisenberg picture Dirac picture ________________________________________________________________________ Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrödinger (12 August 1887– 4 January 1961) was an Austrian theoretical physicist who was one of the fathers of quantum mechanics, and is famed for a number of important contributions to physics, especially the Schrödinger equation, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1933. In 1935, after extensive correspondence with personal friend Albert Einstein, he proposed the Schrödinger's cat thought experiment.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Schr%C3%B6dinger ________________________________________________________________________
Werner Heisenberg (5 December 1901– 1 February 1976) was a German theoretical physicist who made foundational contributions to quantum mechanics and is best known for asserting the uncertainty principle of quantum theory. In addition, he made important contributions to nuclear physics, quantum field theory, and particle physics. Heisenberg, along with Max Born and Pascual Jordan, set forth the matrix formulation of quantum mechanics in 1925. Heisenberg was awarded the 1932 Nobel Prize in Physics for the creation of quantum mechanics, and its application especially to the discovery of the allotropic forms of hydrogen.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Heisenberg ________________________________________________________________________
Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac (8 August 1902 – 20 October 1984) was a British theoretical physicist. Dirac made fundamental contributions to the early development of both quantum mechanics and quantum electrodynamics. He held the Lucasian Chair of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge and spent the last fourteen years of his life at Florida State University. Among other discoveries, he formulated the Dirac equation, which describes the behavior of fermions. This led to a prediction of the existence of antimatter. Dirac shared the Nobel Prize in physics for 1933 with Erwin Schrödinger, "for the discovery of new productive forms of atomic theory."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Dirac _______________________________________________________________________ 29.1 Time evolution operator We define the Unitary operator as
)(),(ˆ)( 00 tttUt
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),(ˆ)()( 00 ttUtt
Normalization
1)()()()( 00 tttt
Then
)()()(),(ˆ),(ˆ)( 000000 tttttUttUt
or
1),(ˆ),(ˆ00 ttUttU (Unitary operator)
tt0 t1 t2
We note that
)(),(ˆ),(ˆ)(),(ˆ)( 001121122 tttUttUtttUt
This should be
),(ˆ),(ˆ),(ˆ011202 ttUttUttU
29.2 Infinitesimal time-evolution operator
We consider the infinitesimal time evolution operator
)(),(ˆ)( 0000 ttdttUdtt
with
1),(ˆlim 000
tdttUdt
We assert that all these requirements are satisfied by
dtitdttU ˆ1),(ˆ00
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The dimension of
is a frequency or inverse time.
1
)ˆˆ(1
)ˆ1)(ˆ1(
)ˆ1()ˆ1(),(ˆ),(ˆ0000
dti
dtidti
dtidtitdttUtdttU
or
ˆˆ (Hermitian) We assume that
Hˆ
where H is a Hamiltonian. 29.3 Schrödinger equation
tt0 t t+dt
),(ˆ)ˆ
1(),(ˆ00 ttUdt
HitdttU
or
),(ˆˆ
),(ˆ),(ˆ000 ttUdt
HittUtdttU
),(ˆˆ),(ˆ),(ˆ
lim 000
0ttU
Hi
dt
ttUtdttUdt
or
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),(ˆˆ
),(ˆ00 ttU
HittU
t
or
),(ˆˆ),(ˆ00 ttUHttU
ti
This is the Schrödinger equation for the time-evolution operator.
)(),(ˆˆ)(),(ˆ0000 tttUHtttU
ti
or
)(ˆ)( tHtt
i
29.4 Unitary operator
What is the form of ),(ˆ0ttU when H is independent of t?
tt0 tDt
N
ttt 0
)](ˆ
exp[)](ˆ
1[lim 00 tt
Hi
N
ttHi N
N
or
)](ˆ
exp[),(ˆ00 tt
HittU
29.5 Ehrenfest’s theorem Schrödinger equation
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)(ˆ)( tHtt
i
or )(ˆ)( tHi
tt
Taking the Hermitian conjugate of both sides,
HtHttt
i ˆ)(ˆ)()(
or
Hti
Httt
ˆ)(ˆ)()(
We now consider the time dependence of the average defined by )(ˆ)( tAt
)(ˆ
)()(]ˆ,ˆ[)(
)()(ˆ)()(ˆ
)()(ˆˆ)(
))((ˆ)()(ˆ
)()(ˆ))(()()(ˆ)(
tt
AttHAt
i
ti
Attt
AttAHt
i
tt
Attt
AttAt
tttAt
dt
d
or
)(ˆ
)()(]ˆ,ˆ[)()(ˆ)( tt
AttHAt
itAt
dt
d
29.6 Example Simple harmonics
We consider a particle in a stationary potential.
)ˆ(2
ˆˆ2
xVm
pH
So that we can write
)(]ˆ
)(
)(]2
ˆ,ˆ[)(
)(]ˆ,ˆ[)()(ˆ)(
2
tm
pti
i
tm
pxt
i
tHxti
txtdt
d
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or
)(]ˆ
)()(ˆ)( tm
pttxt
dt
d
or
pm
xdt
d 1
Similarly
)()]ˆ(ˆ
)(
)()]ˆ(,ˆ[)(
)(]ˆ,ˆ[)()(ˆ)(
txVx
ti
i
txVpti
tHpti
tptdt
d
or
)()]ˆ(ˆ
)()(ˆ)( txVx
ttptdt
d
or
dx
dVp
dt
d
The equations
pm
xdt
d 1 ,
and
dx
dVp
dt
d
express the Ehrenfest’s theorem. These forms recall that of classical Hamiltonian-Jacobi equations for a particle. ________________________________________________________________________ 29.7 Example: Spin precession
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We consider the motion of spin S (=1/2) in the presence of an external magnetic field B along the z axis. The magnetic moment of spin is given by
ˆ z
2Bˆ S z
B
ˆ z .
Then the spin Hamiltonian (Zeeman energy) is described by
ˆ H ˆ z B (
2Bˆ S z
)B B
ˆ z B
Since the Bohr magneton µB is given by B
e
2mc,
BB
eB
2mc
2
eB
mc
20
or
0 eB
mc (angular frequency of the Larmor precession)
Thus the Hamiltonian can be rewritten as
ˆ H
2 0
ˆ z
Thus the Schrödinger equation is obtained as
)0(]ˆ2
exp[)0(]ˆexp[)( 0 tti
ttHi
t z
Note that the time evolution operator coincides with the rotation operator
ˆ R z (0t) exp[i
20
ˆ z t]
We assume that
)2
sin(
)2
cos(]ˆ
2exp[]ˆ
2exp[)0(
2
2
i
i
yz
e
eiit
n
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ˆ R z (0t) exp[i
20
ˆ z t]
The average
nn ]ˆ
2exp[]ˆ
2exp[
2)(ˆ)( 00 t
it
itStS zxzxtx
nn ]ˆ
2exp[]ˆ
2exp[
2)(ˆ)( 00 t
it
itStS zyzyty
nn ]ˆ
2exp[]ˆ
2exp[
2)(ˆ)( 00 t
it
itStS zzzztz
Here we have
0
0
0
001
10
0
0]ˆ2
exp[]ˆ2
exp[
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
00
it
it
it
it
it
it
zxz
e
e
e
e
e
eti
ti
0
0
0
00
0
0
0]ˆ2
exp[]ˆ2
exp[
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
00
it
it
it
it
it
it
zyz
ie
ie
e
ei
i
e
eti
ti
10
01]ˆ
2exp[]ˆ
2exp[ 00 t
it
izzz
Thus we have
]cos)sin(cos)[cos(sin2
)cos(sin2
00
0
tt
tStx
]sin)cos(cos)[sin(sin2 00 ttS
ty
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cos2
tzS
At t = 0,
cossin20
xS
sinsin20
yS
cos20
zS
Using this we have
)sin()cos( 0000tStSS yxtx
)cos()sin( 0000tStSS yxty
cos20
ztz SS
)(00
0yx
ti
tytx SiSeSiS
n
nn
)sin(ˆ)cos(ˆ2
]ˆ2
exp[ˆ]ˆ2
exp[2
)(ˆ)(
00
00
tt
ti
ti
tStS
yxn
zxzxtx
where
nn xxS
20
We also get
nn
nn
)cos(ˆ)sin(ˆ2
]ˆ2
exp[ˆ]ˆ2
exp[2
)(ˆ)(
00
00
tt
ti
ti
tStS
yx
zyzyty
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nn yyS
20
and
0
00
ˆ2
]ˆ2
exp[ˆ]ˆ2
exp[2
)(ˆ)(
zz
zzz
ztz
S
ti
ti
tStS
nn
nn
Then
)sin()cos( 0000tStSS yxtx
)cos()sin( 0000tStSS yxty
and
0ztz SS
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q
x
y
z
________________________________________________________________________ 29.8 Baker-Hausdorf lemma
In the commutation relations, yxz JiJJ ˆ]ˆ,ˆ[ , we put zzJ 2
ˆ and xxJ
2ˆ
Then we have
yxz i ˆ2
]ˆ2
,ˆ2
[
or yxz i ˆ2]ˆ,ˆ[ .
Similarly, we have
zyx i ˆ2]ˆ,ˆ[ , xzy i ˆ2]ˆ,ˆ[
We notice the following relations which can be derived from the Baker-Hausdorf
lemma:
...]]]ˆ,ˆ[,ˆ[,ˆ[!3
]]ˆ,ˆ[,ˆ[!2
]ˆ,ˆ[!1
ˆ)ˆexp(ˆ)ˆexp(32
BAAAx
BAAx
BAx
BxABxA
sinˆcosˆ]ˆ2
exp[ˆ]ˆ2
exp[ yxzxz ii
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exp[i2
ˆ z ] ˆ y exp[i2
ˆ z ] ˆ x sin ˆ y cos
((Proof))
We note that
2
ix , zA ˆ , and xB ˆ .
yxz iBA ˆ2]ˆ,ˆ[]ˆ,ˆ[
Then we have
]]]ˆ,ˆ[,ˆ[,ˆ[!3
]]ˆ,ˆ[,ˆ[!2
]ˆ,ˆ[!1
ˆ]ˆexp[ˆ]ˆexp[32
xzzzxzzxzxzxz
xxxxxI
.....]]]]ˆ,ˆ[,ˆ[,ˆ[,ˆ[!4
4
xzzzz
x
.]]]ˆ2,ˆ[,ˆ[,ˆ[2!4
1]]ˆ2,ˆ[,ˆ[
2!3
1]ˆ2,ˆ[
2!2
1ˆ2
2!1
1ˆ
432
yzzzyzzyzyx i
ii
ii
ii
iI
or
]]].....ˆ,ˆ[,ˆ[,ˆ)[2(2!4
1]]ˆ,ˆ[,ˆ)[2(
2!3]ˆ,ˆ[
2ˆˆ
4
4
3
3
2
2
zyzzzyzzyyx iii
iI
...]]ˆ,ˆ[,ˆ)[2)(2(2!4
1]ˆ,ˆ)[2)(2(
2!3ˆ2
2ˆˆ
4
4
3
3
2
2
xzzxzxyx iiiii
ii
or
cosˆcosˆ
...)!3
1(ˆ...)!42
1(ˆ
...ˆ!4
ˆ!3
ˆ2
ˆˆ
...ˆ)2)(2)(2)(2(2!4
1ˆ)2)(2(
2!3ˆ
2ˆˆ
342
432
4
42
3
32
yx
yx
xyxyx
xyxyx iiiiiii
I
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______________________________________________________________________ 29.10 Schrödinger picture The Schrödinger equation
)()( tt s
)(),(ˆ)( 00 tttUt ss
where ˆ U (t, t0 ) is the time evolution operator;
ˆ U (t, t0 ) ˆ U 1(t, t0 ) .
In the Schrodinger picture, the average of the operator sA in the state )(ts is defined
by
)(ˆ)( tAt sss .
29.11 Heisenberg picture
The state vector, which is constant, is equal to
)()( 0tt sH .
From the definition
sssHHH tAtA )(ˆ)(ˆ ,
or
ˆ A H(t) ˆ U ( t,t0)ˆ A s (t)
ˆ U (t,t0 ). In general, ˆ A H( t) depends on time, even if ˆ A s (t) does not. 29.12 Heisenberg’s equation of motion
The Schrödinger equation can be described in the Schrödinger picture
)()(ˆ)( ttHtt
i sss
or
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)(),(ˆ)(ˆ)(),(ˆ0000 tttUtHtttU
dt
di sss
or
),(ˆ)(ˆ),(ˆ00 ttUtHttU
dt
di s
or
d
dtˆ U (t,t0 )
i
ˆ H s (t)
ˆ U (t, t0 )
and
d
dtˆ U (t,t0 )
i
ˆ U (t, t0 ) ˆ H s (t)
where ˆ H s
(t) ˆ H s (t) . Therefore
Hs
HH
sss
sssss
sss
H
dt
tAdtAtH
i
ttUdt
tAdttUttUtAtHttU
i
ttUdt
tAdttUttUtH
itAttUttUtAtHttU
i
ttUdt
tAdttU
dt
ttUdtAttUttUtA
dt
ttUd
dt
tAd
))(ˆ
()](ˆ),(ˆ[
),(ˆ)(ˆ),(ˆ),(ˆ)](ˆ),(ˆ)[,(ˆ
),(ˆ)(ˆ),(ˆ),(ˆ)(ˆ)(ˆ),(ˆ),(ˆ)(ˆ)(ˆ),(ˆ
),(ˆ)(ˆ),(ˆ),(ˆ
)(ˆ),(ˆ),(ˆ)(ˆ),(ˆ)(ˆ
0000
000000
000
000
where
),(ˆ)(ˆ),(ˆ)(ˆ00 ttUtHttUtH sH
Finally we obtain the Heisenberg’s equation of motion
i
d
dtˆ A H(t) [ ˆ A H( t), ˆ H H (t)] i(
d ˆ A s (t)
dt)H
29.13 Simple example
ˆ H s( t) ˆ H , ˆ A s (t) ˆ A
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t0 = 0
tHi
eUˆ
ˆ
tHi
s
tHi
sH eAeUAUAˆˆ
ˆˆˆˆˆ
sH HH ˆˆ
Then we have the Heisenberg’s equation of motion:
]ˆ,ˆ[ˆHHH HAA
dt
di
We get an analogy between the classical equations of motion in the Hamiltonian form
and the quantum equations of motion in the Heisenberg’s form. HA is called a constant
of the motion, when ]ˆ,ˆ[ HH HA =0 at all times.
UHAU
UAUUHUUHUUAUHA
SS
SSSSHH
ˆ]ˆ,ˆ[ˆ
ˆˆˆˆˆˆˆˆˆˆˆˆ]ˆ,ˆ[
Therefore ]ˆ,ˆ[ HH HA means 0]ˆ,ˆ[ SS HA
29.14 Ehrenfest’s theorem: free particle
)ˆ(ˆ2
1 2SSS xVp
mH ,
HH 1
2mˆ p H
2 V( ˆ x H ),
1ˆˆˆ]ˆ,ˆ[ˆ
ˆˆˆˆˆˆˆˆˆˆˆˆ
ˆˆˆˆ]ˆ,ˆ[
iUUiUpxU
UxUUpUUpUUxU
xppxpx HHHHHH
H
HH
pi
UpUi
UpxUpx
ˆ2
ˆˆˆ2
ˆ]ˆ,ˆ[ˆ]ˆ,ˆ[ 22
Heisenberg’s equation for the free particles,
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HHH
HHHHH pim
pp
im
pxm
Hxxdt
di ˆ
2
2ˆ
ˆ2
1]ˆ,ˆ[
2
1]ˆ,ˆ[ˆ 22
,
or
d
dtˆ x H [ ˆ x H , ˆ H H ]
1
mˆ p H .
Similarly
)ˆ(ˆ
)(ˆ)]ˆ(ˆ,ˆ[ˆˆ]ˆ,ˆ[ˆ]ˆ,ˆ[ˆ HH
HHH xVx
iUxVpUUHpUHppdt
di
or
H
HH x
xVp
dt
dˆ
)ˆ()(ˆ
We consider a simple harmonics.
22 ˆ2
1)ˆ( HH xmxV
HH xmpdt
dˆˆ 2
Now consider the linear combination,
)ˆˆ()ˆˆ( HHHH pm
ixip
m
ix
dt
d
ti
HHH eApm
ix
ˆ)ˆˆ(
or
)ˆ()ˆˆ(
m
ixip
m
ix
dt
dHHH
ti
HHH eBpm
ix
ˆ)ˆˆ(
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where HA and HB are time-independent operators:
)0(ˆ)0(ˆˆHHH p
m
ixA
)0(ˆ)0(ˆˆHHH p
m
ixB
Note that )0(ˆHx and )0(ˆ Hp correspond to the operators in the Schrödinger picture. From these equations, we get final results
tpm
txx HHH
sin)0(ˆ1
cos)0(ˆˆ `
txmtpp HHH sin)0(ˆcos)0(ˆˆ
These look to the same as the classical equation of motion. We see that Hx and Hp operators oscillate just like their classical analogue. An advantage of the Heisenberg picture is therefore that it leads to equations which are formally similar to those of classical mechanics. ((Note))
HHHHHHH
HH
H xi
xpxm
pm
Hm
pH
dt
xdx
dt
di ˆ2
2]ˆ,ˆ[
2]ˆ
2,ˆ[
1]ˆ,
ˆ[]ˆ,
ˆ[ˆ
22
22
2
2
2
or
HH xxdt
dˆˆ 2
2
2
with the initial condition
)0(ˆ1
|ˆ 0 HtH pm
xdt
d , )0(ˆ|ˆ 0 HtH xx
The solution is
)sin(ˆ)cos(ˆˆ 21 tCtCxH
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1ˆ)0(ˆ CxH ,
m
pCtnCtC
dt
xd Htt
H )0(ˆˆ)](cosˆ)sin(ˆ[|ˆ
20210
Thus we have
m
pC H )0(ˆˆ
2 .
and
)sin()0(ˆ
)cos()0(ˆˆ tm
ptxx H
HH
________________________________________________________________________ Paul Ehrenfest (January 18, 1880 – September 25, 1933) was an Austrian and Dutch physicist and mathematician, who made major contributions to the field of statistical mechanics and its relations with quantum mechanics, including the theory of phase transition and the Ehrenfest theorem.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Ehrenfest ________________________________________________________________________ 29.15 Analogy with classical mechanics
In the classical mechanics, dynamical variables vary with time according to the Hamilton’s equations of motion,
j
j
p
H
dt
dq
,
where qj and pj are a set of canonical co-ordinate and momentum, and H is the Hamiltonian expressed as a function of them,
),...,,,,....,,,( 321321 nn ppppqqqqHH
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where n is the degree of freedom. For a given variable ),...,,,,....,,,( 321321 nn ppppqqqqvA ,
classical
j jjjj
j
j
j
j
j
HA
q
H
p
A
p
H
q
A
dt
dp
p
A
dt
dq
q
A
dt
dA
],[
[ ]classical:a classical definition of a Poisson bracket. 29.16 Dirac picture (Interaction picture)
ˆ H ˆ H 0 ˆ V s (t) where ˆ H 0 is independent of t.
)()(0
ˆ
tet I
tHi
s
or
)()(0
ˆ
tet s
tHi
I
We assume that
)(ˆ)()()(ˆ)( tAtttAt sssIII
For convenience, ˆ A s is independent of t. or
)(ˆ)()()(ˆ)(00
ˆˆ
tAttetAet ssss
tHi
I
tHi
s
or
s
tHi
I
tHi
AetAe ˆ)(ˆ 00ˆˆ
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or
tHi
s
tHi
I eAetA00
ˆˆˆ)(ˆ
or
]ˆ),(ˆ[
]ˆˆˆˆ[)(ˆ
0
0
ˆˆˆˆ
0
0000
HtA
HeAeeAeHi
itAdt
di
I
tHi
s
tHi
tHi
s
tHi
I
Thus every operator behaves as if it would in the Heisenberg representation for a non-interacting system.
)()(ˆ
)()(
00
0
ˆˆ
0
ˆ
tt
ieteH
tet
itt
i
s
tHi
s
tHi
s
tHi
I
Since
)()](ˆˆ[)( 0 ttVHtt
i sss
)()](ˆˆ[)(ˆ)()( 0
ˆˆ
0
ˆ000
ttVHeteHtet
itt
i s
tHi
s
tHi
s
tHi
I
or
)()(ˆ)()(ˆ)(00
ˆˆ
ttVtetVett
i III
tHi
tHi
I
or
)()(ˆ)( ttVtt
i III
where
tHi
s
tHi
I etVtV00
ˆˆ
)(ˆ)(ˆ
(Schrödinger-like)
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which is a Schrödinger equation with the total ˆ H replaced by ˆ V I . We assume that
)(),(ˆ)( 00 tttUt III
satisfies the equation
)()(ˆ)( ttVtt
i III
Then we have the following relation.
),(ˆ)(ˆ),(ˆ00 ttUtVttU
ti III
with the initial condition
'),'(ˆ)'(ˆ1),(ˆ
0
00 dtttUtVi
ttUt
t
III
We can obtain an approximate solution to this equation [Dyson series].
t
t
t
t
II
t
t
I
t
t
t
t
IIII
tVtVdtdti
dttVi
dtdtttUtVi
tVi
ttU
0 00
0 0
'2
'
00
...)''(ˆ)'(ˆ"')(')'(ˆ)(1
']"),"(ˆ)''(ˆ1)['(ˆ1),(ˆ
29.17 Transition probability
Once ˆ U I (t, t0 ) is given we have
)(),(ˆ)( 00 tttUt III
where
)()(0
ˆ
tet I
tHi
s
, or )()(0
ˆ
tet s
tHi
I
and
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)(),(ˆ)( 00 tttUt ss
)(),(ˆ
)(),(ˆ)(
0
ˆ
0
ˆ
00
ˆ
000
0
tettUe
tttUet
I
tHi
s
tHi
ss
tHi
I
Then we have
ˆ U I (t, t0 ) e
i
H 0t ˆ U s (t, t0 )e
i
H 0t 0
Let us now look at the matrix element of ˆ U I (t, t0 )
nEnH n0ˆ
mttUnemttUn s
tEtEi
I
mn
),(ˆ),(ˆ0
)(
0
0
2
0
2
0 ),(ˆ),(ˆ mttUnmttUn sI
((Remark)) When
0]ˆ,ˆ[ 0 AH and 0]ˆ,ˆ[ 0 BH
'''ˆ aaaA and '''ˆ bbbB
in general,
2
0
2
0 '),(ˆ''),(ˆ' attUbattUb sI
Because
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mns
tEtEi
mn
tHi
s
tHi
I
ammttUnnbe
aettUnnebattUb
mn
,0
)(
,
ˆ
0
ˆ
0
'),(ˆ'
'),(ˆ''),(ˆ'
0
000
_______________________________________________________________________ 29.18 Application of Schrödinger and Heisenberg pictures
Simple harmonics:
tHi
eUˆ
ˆ
The operator in the Heisenberg picture is defined by
tHi
s
tHi
sH eAeUAUAˆˆ
ˆˆˆˆˆ
where H is the Hamiltonian
2202 ˆ
2ˆ
2
1ˆ xm
pm
H
Using the equation of Heisenberg picture, we obtain
tpm
txxH
sinˆ1
cosˆˆ `
and
txmtppH sinˆcosˆˆ The matrix of x and p are given by
04000
40300
03020
00201
00010
2
1ˆ
x
and
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04000
40300
03020
00201
00010
2ˆ 0
i
mp
((Discussion)) What are the expectation values )(ˆ)( txt and )(ˆ)( tpt ?
tpm
tx
tpm
tx
xtxt H
sin)0(ˆ)0(1
cos)0(ˆ)0(
)0(sinˆ1
cosˆ)0(
)0(ˆ)0()(ˆ)(
txmtp
txmtp
ptpt H
sin)0(ˆ)0(cos)0(ˆ)0(
)0(sinˆcosˆ)0(
)0(ˆ)0()(ˆ)(
Suppose that
(1) 21206
1)0(
we can calculate the matrix elements )0(ˆ)0( x and )0(ˆ)0( p as follows.
)21(3
2
2
1
6
16
26
1
020
201
010
2
1
6
1
6
2
6
1)0(ˆ)0(
x
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0
6
16
26
1
020
201
010
26
1
6
2
6
1)0(ˆ)0( 0
i
mp
(2) 102
1)0(
2
1
2
12
1
01
10
2
1
2
1
2
1)0(ˆ)0(
x
0
2
12
1
01
10
2
1
2
1
2
1)0(ˆ)0(
p
ttxt
cos2
1)(ˆ)(
and
tm
tpt sin
2)(ˆ)(
[[Another method (Schrödinger picture)]]
/
/
//
/ˆ
1
0
10
2
1
102
1
102
1)(
tiE
tiE
tiEtiE
tHi
e
e
ee
et
// 10
2
1)( tiEtiEet
Time evolution of system 27 12/23/2010
tee
e
ee
e
eetxt
titi
tiE
tiEtiEtiE
tiE
tiEtiEtiE
0
/
///
/
///
2
cos2
1)(
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
01
10
2
1
2
1)(ˆ)(
00
0
1
10
1
0
10
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