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Quantum Simulation

Maxwell meets Reeh-Schlieder: the quantum mechanics of neutral bosons

arXiv
Authors: Margaret Hawton, Vincent Debierre

Year

2016

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42751

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Preprint

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We find that biorthogonal quantum mechanics with a scalar product that counts both absorbed and emitted particles leads to covariant position operators with localized eigenvectors. In this manifestly covariant formulation the probability for a transition from a one-photon state to a position eigenvector is the first order Glauber correlation function, bridging the gap between photon counting and the sensitivity of light detectors to electromagnetic energy density. The position eigenvalues are identified as the spatial parameters in the canonical quantum field operators and the position basis describes an array of localized devices that instantaneously absorb and re-emit bosons.

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  • We find that biorthogonal quantum mechanics with a scalar product that counts both absorbed and emitted particles leads to covariant position operators with localized eigenvectors.

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[1] DOI https://doi.org/arXiv:1610.07927 [2] arXiv https://arxiv.org/abs/1610.07927 [3] Publisher https://arxiv.org/abs/1610.07927

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