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Linear Canonical Transformations and Interacting n-Particle Systems

Peter Krämer, G. John, D. Schenzle

Published Jan 1, 1981• 1 citation
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For n particles moving in three-dimensional space, each coordinate should carry an index i = 1, 2,3 denoting the vector component and an index l = 1, 2,..., n denoting the particle number. Among the linear point transformations acting on these coordinates there are two commuting subgroups of transformations. The elements of the first one are given by product matrices M 3 × I n where the 3 × 3 matrix M 3 acts on the vector components. The elements of the second one are of the form I 3 × M n where the n × n matrix M n acts on the vectors for the different particles. To the first subgroup there belong the rotations giving rise to the rotation group SO (3, IR). The second subgroup contains permutations and transformations to various types of relative coordinates. In the present section we shall deal with this second subgroup and hence shall drop the reference to the three vector components. Moreover we shall need at present only orthogonal n × n transformation matrices.

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10.1007/978-3-322-85663-0_5

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The geometry of classical phase space is determined by the Poisson bracket of functions on phase space. Canonical transformations of the classical coordinates and momenta are defined by the property that the fundamental Poisson brackets be preserved. In this section we shall study in detail the linear canonical transformations in phase space and their representations in quantum mechanics. The reason for developing these concepts is twofold. First of all there are a number of geometric transformations common to classical and quantum mechanics which appear naturally in the analysis of many-body systems. Examples are rotations of the three space coordinates, permutations of single-particle coordinates and transformations to various types of relative vectors. To these we shall add translations of coordinates and momenta and construct the operators which represent these geometric transformations in the Hilbert space of quantum mechanics. The second reason for dealing with these transformations is the fact that certain operators encountered in quantum mechanics may be interpreted as representatives of underlying geometric transformations in classical phase space. This applies in particular to dilatation operators and to Gaussian interactions. Recognition of the underlying geometric transformation allows us to reduce operator multiplication to combination on the geometric level like matrix multiplication.
While groups of point transformations such as rotations, translations and permutations have been extensively used in quantum mechanics, we cannot say the same of the more general groups of canonical transformations. To begin with, for the latter groups we have to determine their unitary representation in appropriate spaces. But once this is achieved canonical transformations can play as important a role in quantum mechanics as point transformations. We illustrate this in relation with the harmonic oscillator in one and many dimensions and for one and many particles. We show how radial matrix elements with respect to harmonic oscillator states can be determined group theoretically both in the Schroedinger and Heisenberg pictures. We discuss the application of canonical transformations to the three body nuclear problem. We briefly outline in the concluding section applications to Coulomb problems, many body systems, accidental degeneracy, and generalized integral transforms.
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