Derivation and Numerical analysis of an Attenuation Operator for non-relativistic waves

• Quantum mechanical models for particles are strictly dependent on the Schrödinger equation, where the solutions and the Hermitian polynomials form a mathematical foundation to derive expectation values for observables. As for all quantum systems, the solutions are derived in discrete energy levels, and yield probability density, the kinetic energy and average momentum. In this study however, an attenuation Hamiltonian is derived by the algebraic relation of the momentum and position operators, and the derived equation, where the attenuation of kinetic energy is the eigenvalue, is studied numerically. The numerical solutions suggest that the change in kinetic energy from one transition to the next proceed in an undular fashion, and not in a definite manner. This suggests that any sub-atomic particle which experiences a transition from one level to the next, does so by both gaining and losing energy in an undular manner before reaching an equilibrium with a new and stabilized kinetic energy. The results show also that the phase of the change in kinetic energy between transitions differs between high and low momenta and that higher levels of momentum attenuate more smoothly than transitions between lower energy levels. The investigated attenuation operator may be important for future pinning and quasipinning approaches and play a role in future quantum information processing. Future research is required on the spectrum of the operator and on its potential analytical solutions.

Subject headings

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Matematik -- Algebra och logik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Mathematics -- Algebra and Logic (hsv//eng)

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Matematik -- Beräkningsmatematik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Mathematics -- Computational Mathematics (hsv//eng)

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Fysik -- Annan fysik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Physical Sciences -- Other Physics Topics (hsv//eng)

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Matematik -- Matematisk analys (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Mathematics -- Mathematical Analysis (hsv//eng)

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Fysik -- Atom- och molekylfysik och optik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Physical Sciences -- Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Hamiltonian

Operators

non-self adjoint

numerical

analysis

Quantum

Mechanics

Mathematics

Matematik

Fysik med inriktning mot elementarpartikelfysik

Physics with specialization in Elementary Particle Physics

Fysik med inriktning mot kärnfysik

Physics with specialization in Nuclear Physics

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