Quantum ergodicity for Pauli Hamiltonians with spin 1/2

Citation
J. Bolte et R. Glaser, Quantum ergodicity for Pauli Hamiltonians with spin 1/2, NONLINEARIT, 13(6), 2000, pp. 1987-2003
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Mathematics
Journal title
NONLINEARITY
ISSN journal
09517715 → ACNP
Volume
13
Issue
6
Year of publication
2000
Pages
1987 - 2003
Database
ISI
SICI code
0951-7715(200011)13:6<1987:QEFPHW>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
Quantum ergodicity, which expresses the semiclassical convergence of almost all expectation values of observables in eigenstates of the quantum Hamilt onian to the corresponding classical microcanonical average, is proven for non-relativistic quantum particles with spin 1/2. It is shown that quantum ergodicity holds, if a suitable combination of the classical translational dynamics and the spin dynamics along the trajectories of the translational motion is ergodic. AMS classification scheme numbers: 35P20, 81Q50, 58F11.