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A New Concept for the Momentum of a Quantum Mechanical Particle in a Box (2012.09596v1)
Published 17 Dec 2020 in quant-ph, math-ph, and math.MP
Abstract: For a particle in a box, the operator $- i \partial_x$ is not Hermitean. We provide an alternative construction of a momentum operator $p = p_R + i p_I$, which has a Hermitean component $p_R$ that can be extended to a self-adjoint operator, as well as an anti-Hermitean component $i p_I$. This leads to a description of momentum measurements performed on a particle that is strictly limited to the interior of a box.
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