Physlib.QuantumMechanics.DDimensions.Hydrogen.LaplaceRungeLenzVector
Laplace-Runge-Lenz vector
In this file we define - The (regularized) LRL vector operator for the quantum mechanical hydrogen atom, `𝐀(ε)ᵢ ≔ ½(𝐩ⱼ𝐋ᵢⱼ + 𝐋ᵢⱼ𝐩ⱼ) - mk·𝐫(ε)⁻¹𝐱ᵢ`. - The square of the LRL vector operator, `𝐀(ε)² ≔ 𝐀(ε)ᵢ𝐀(ε)ᵢ`.
The main results are - The commutators `⁅𝐋ᵢⱼ, 𝐀(ε)ₖ⁆ = iℏ(δᵢₖ𝐀(ε)ⱼ - δⱼₖ𝐀(ε)ᵢ)` in `angularMomentum_commutation_lrl` - The commutators `⁅𝐀(ε)ᵢ, 𝐀(ε)ⱼ⁆ = -iℏ 2m 𝐇(ε)𝐋ᵢⱼ` in `lrl_commutation_lrl` - The commutators `⁅𝐇(ε), 𝐀(ε)ᵢ⁆ = iℏε²(⋯)` in `hamiltonianReg_commutation_lrl` - The relation `𝐀(ε)² = 2m 𝐇(ε)(𝐋² + ¼ℏ²(d-1)²) + m²k² + ε²(⋯)` in `lrlOperatorSqr_eq`
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Regularized Laplace-Runge-Lenz operator for the hydrogen atom
For a -dimensional quantum mechanical hydrogen atom with mass and coupling constant , given a regularization parameter , the -th component of the regularized Laplace-Runge-Lenz (LRL) vector operator is a continuous linear operator on the Schwartz space defined as: where is the -th component of the momentum operator, is the -component of the angular momentum operator, is the -th component of the position operator, and is the regularized inverse radial distance operator.
Square of the regularized Laplace-Runge-Lenz operator
For a -dimensional quantum mechanical hydrogen atom with regularization parameter , the square of the regularized Laplace-Runge-Lenz (LRL) vector operator, denoted as , is a continuous linear operator on the Schwartz space . It is defined as the sum of the squares of the individual components of the LRL operator: where is the -th component of the regularized LRL vector operator.
In a -dimensional quantum mechanical hydrogen atom with mass and coupling constant , for a given regularization parameter , the -th component of the regularized Laplace-Runge-Lenz (LRL) operator can be expressed in terms of the position operators and momentum operators as: where is the momentum squared operator, is the reduced Planck constant, is the imaginary unit, and is the regularized inverse radial distance operator.
For a -dimensional quantum mechanical hydrogen atom with mass and coupling constant , given a regularization parameter , the -th component of the regularized Laplace-Runge-Lenz (LRL) operator can be expressed in terms of the angular momentum operators and momentum operators as: where is the -component of the angular momentum operator, is the -th component of the momentum operator, is the -th component of the position operator, is the reduced Planck constant, is the imaginary unit, and is the regularized inverse radial distance operator.
For a -dimensional quantum mechanical hydrogen atom with mass and coupling constant , given a regularization parameter , the -th component of the regularized Laplace-Runge-Lenz (LRL) operator can be expressed in terms of the momentum operators and angular momentum operators as: where is the -th component of the momentum operator, is the -component of the angular momentum operator, is the -th component of the position operator, is the reduced Planck constant, is the imaginary unit, and is the regularized inverse radial distance operator.
Commutator
For a -dimensional quantum mechanical hydrogen atom, let be the component of the angular momentum operator and be the -th component of the regularized Laplace-Runge-Lenz operator with regularization parameter . For any indices , the commutator between these operators satisfies: where is the imaginary unit, is the reduced Planck's constant, and is the Kronecker delta.
Commutator
For a -dimensional quantum mechanical hydrogen atom, let be the -component of the angular momentum operator and be the square of the regularized Laplace-Runge-Lenz operator with regularization parameter . For any indices , the commutator between these operators vanishes: where denotes the commutator bracket.
Commutator
For a -dimensional quantum mechanical hydrogen atom, let be the square of the angular momentum operator and be the square of the regularized Laplace-Runge-Lenz operator with regularization parameter . The commutator of these two operators vanishes:
For a -dimensional quantum mechanical hydrogen atom with mass and coupling constant , given a regularization parameter , the commutator of the -th and -th components of the regularized Laplace-Runge-Lenz (LRL) vector operator and is given by: where is the regularized Hamiltonian operator, is the -component of the angular momentum operator, is the reduced Planck constant, is the imaginary unit, and is the regularized inverse cubed radial distance operator.
Commutator
For a -dimensional quantum mechanical hydrogen atom with coupling constant , given a regularization parameter and a component index , the commutator of the regularized Hamiltonian and the -th component of the regularized Laplace-Runge-Lenz (LRL) operator is given by: where is the reduced Planck's constant, is the -th component of the momentum operator, is the -th component of the position operator, and denotes the operator corresponding to the regularized inverse -th power of the radial distance.
Relation for the square of the regularized LRL operator in terms of and
For a -dimensional quantum mechanical hydrogen atom with mass and coupling constant , given a regularization parameter , the square of the regularized Laplace-Runge-Lenz (LRL) vector operator is related to the regularized Hamiltonian and the square of the angular momentum operator by the following identity: where is the reduced Planck constant and is the regularized radial distance. The operators are understood to act on the Schwartz space .
