Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General
Moment-wavelet quantization and (complex) multiple turning point contributions
Carlos R. Handy, Romain Murenzi, K. Bouyoucef, Harold A. Brooks
Abstract
Wavelet transform theory is an efficient multiscale formalism for analysing local structures. This philosophy, when incorporated within quantum mechanics, demands that there be a naturally corresponding, localized quantization theory, in contrast to the variational formalisms in the literature. Through the recently established equivalency formalism between moment quantization theory and continuous wavelet transform theory (Handy C R and Murenzi R 1998 J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 31 9897 and Handy C R and Murenzi R 1999 J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 32 8111), we argue that a new quantization prescription can be defined in which the kinetic energy term is set to zero at the (complex) turning points (or turning hypersurfaces). We establish this, both for one- and two-dimensional systems, and clarify the relevancy of multiscale wavelet analysis in this quantization process.