Physical Review A

Comment on ‘‘Applicability of Hamilton’s equations in the quantum soliton problem’’

M. J. Škrinjaŕ, D. Kapor, S. D. Stojanović

Published Jan 1, 1988• 8 citations

Abstract

We have shown by consistent application of the Schr\"odinger and Heisenberg equations that the differential invariance condition imposed by Brown, Lindenberg, and West [Phys. Rev. A 33, 4104 (1986)] on Hamilton's function, which was obtained by averaging Fr\"ohlich's Hamiltonian over Davydov soliton states, is not a correct one. The conclusion that Davydov made an erroneous application of Hamilton's equations is still valid, based on completely different arguments.

DOI: 10.1103/physreva.37.639

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