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Squeezed states and uncertainty relations : non-gauge phase transformations in quantum transition amplitudes

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posted on 2023-08-04, 06:33 authored by H.R. Reiss

The prescription for introducing a gauge transformation into a quantum transition amplitude, nominally well known, contains an ambiguous feature. It is presumed by some authors that an appropriate transformation of the phase of a wave function will generate the associated gauge transformation. It· is shown that this is a necessary but not sufficient step. Examples from the literature are cited to show the consequences of the failure of this procedure. One must distinguish between true gauge transformations and unitary transformations within a fixed gauge.

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American University (Washington, D.C.)

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http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:77639

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