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Matrix Representations of Quantum States and Hamiltonians
I am a high school student trying to teach himself quantum mechanics just for fun, and I am a bit confused. As a fun test of my programming/quantum mechanics skill, I decided to create a computer ...
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If the S-matrix has symmetry group G, must the fields be representations of G?
If the fields in QFT are representations of the Poincare group (or generally speaking the symmetry group of interest), then I think it's a straight forward consequence that the matrix elements and ...
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Element of area in 4-dimensional space-time
How would you proof that
$$ \mathrm {Tr} (\mathbf{S\cdot \bar S })=0$$
where $\mathbf S$ is an element of area delimited for the 4-vectors $\mathbf u$ and $\mathbf v$ given by
$$S^{\alpha \beta}\equiv ...
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Is the momentum operator well-defined in the basis of standing waves?
Suppose I want to describe an arbitrary state of a quantum particle in a box of side $L$. The relevant eigenmodes are those of standing waves, namely
$$ \left<x|n\right>=\sqrt{\frac{2}{L}}\cdot ...
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Creation and Annialation Operators and Kinetic Energy Matrix Elements
I'd like to write equations for $c_{ij}(t)$,
With a hamiltonian of the form
$$H=\sum_{kn}a^{\dagger}_k t_{kn}a_n + \frac{1}{2}\sum_{klmn}a^{\dagger}_k a^{\dagger}_l v_{klmn}a_m a_n$$ with $t_{kn}$ ...
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How to express continuous values as a matrix
Usually a quantity of a matrix is defined as the eigenvalues of the matrix. If so, how can anyone express continuous values, as in Schrodinger picture, into a matrix?
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Vector space of $\mathbb{C}^4$ and its basis, the Pauli matrices
How do I write an arbitrary $2\times 2$ matrix as a linear combination of the three Pauli Matrices and the $2\times 2$ unit matrix?
Any example for the same might help ?
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Path integral on matrix model
I was looking at a 0-dimensional matrix model, where the variables are $N\cdot N$ Hermitean matrices. It had a gauge symmetry, e.g. $U(N)$. And in the path integral, the Faddeev-Popov trick was used. ...
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Decay Amplitudes Notation
This question is mostly about how to interpret notation used in Particle Physics. I am given that at lowest order the rate of $b\rightarrow s\gamma$ is proportional to $\langle B_p|b^\dagger ...
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Diagonal matrix in k-space
I'm having some trouble with an integration I hope you guys can help me with.
I have that:
${{\mathbf{v}}_{i}}\left( \mathbf{k} \right)=\frac{\hbar {{\mathbf{k}}_{i}}}{m}$
and ...
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Matrix element squared for up + antidown -> photon + W boson? [closed]
I am in trouble… I am a master student (first year) in theoretical particle physics and I have been working for several months on the calculation of the total cross-section at leading order for the ...
