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Momentum Fourier Jacobian: the unitary momentum representation

Statement

Assume the Axiom of Countable Choice (The Axiom of Countable Choice (ACω)), let d≥1 and ℏ>0. Write F2 for the unitary Plancherel transform extending f^(ξ)=∫Rdf(x)e−2πix⋅ξdx (Fourier transform on complex L1 classes, Plancherel theorem); the L2 spaces are Hilbert spaces by Riesz-Fischer completeness of Lp for 1≤p≤∞ and Hilbert space. For ψ∈S(Rd), denote by ψ^ the continuous representative of F2ψ given by that absolutely convergent integral.

(a) For ψ∈S(Rd) the momentum wavefunction

ψp(p):=(2πℏ)−d/2∫Rde−ip⋅x/ℏψ(x) dx

is well defined, bounded and continuous, and ψp(p)=(2πℏ)−d/2ψ^(p/(2πℏ)) for every p; here ψ^ is the stated continuous representative, not a point evaluation of an L2 equivalence class.

(b) The dilation operator Dℏg(p):=(2πℏ)−d/2g(p/(2πℏ)) is a surjective linear isometry of L2(Rd;C) onto itself, with inverse Dℏ−1g(ξ)=(2πℏ)d/2g(2πℏ ξ).

(c) The formula U0ψ:=ψp defines a linear isometry S(Rd)→L2(Rd) (for the Lebesgue spaces dx and dp) that extends uniquely to a surjective linear isometry U:L2(Rd,dx)→L2(Rd,dp); on Schwartz functions U=DℏF2, and for every ψ∈L2(Rd),

∥Uψ∥L2(dp)=∥ψ∥L2(dx).

The normalization statement is: the substitution ξ=p/(2πℏ) carries dξ=(2πℏ)−ddp, and the factor (2πℏ)−d/2 in U0 is exactly what makes U an isometry with respect to dp. No physical identification of Uψ with a measured momentum distribution is made.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: d≥1, ℏ>0; a Schwartz function ψ∈S(Rd); the Plancherel transform F2 and the L1 transform f^(ξ)=∫f(x)e−2πix⋅ξdx.

[F1]

F2 is a surjective complex-linear isometry L2(Rd)→L2(Rd) that extends the L1 Fourier transform f^(ξ)=∫f(x)e−2πix⋅ξdx (Plancherel theorem, Fourier transform on complex L1 classes).

[F2]

If fn→f pointwise and ∣fn∣≤g for a fixed integrable g, then ∫fn→∫f (Dominated convergence).

[F3]

An invertible linear map T of Rd scales Lebesgue measure by ∣det⁡T∣ on measurable sets (A linear map T of Rn sends Lebesgue measurable sets to Lebesgue measurable sets, with λn(T[E])=∣det⁡T∣ λn(E) when T is invertible and T[E] Lebesgue null when it is not); for nonnegative measurable h the integral identity ∫h(Tx) dx=∣det⁡T∣−1∫h(y) dy follows by approximation with simple functions and monotone convergence (Monotone convergence for the integral).

[F4]

S(Rd) contains Cc∞(Rd), which is dense in L2(Rd) (Smooth compactly supported functions of an open set are dense in L2, Schwartz space and its seminorms); in particular every Schwartz function lies in L1∩L2. The L2 space is complete by Riesz-Fischer completeness of Lp for 1≤p≤∞.

[F5]

A bounded linear map from a dense subspace of a normed space into a Banach space extends uniquely with the same norm (A bounded linear map from a dense normed subspace into a Banach space extends uniquely with the same norm).

Proof

1.1givenF2F4algebra

[Absolute convergence and continuity] For ψ∈S(Rd), ∣e−ip⋅x/ℏψ(x)∣=∣ψ(x)∣ is integrable by [F4], so the defining integral converges absolutely for every p and ∣ψp(p)∣≤(2πℏ)−d/2∥ψ∥1. Continuity in p follows from [F2] applied to e−ipn⋅x/ℏψ→e−ip⋅x/ℏψ with the integrable dominating function ∣ψ∣.

2.1step 1.1F1algebra

[Identification with the Plancherel transform] For ψ∈S, put ξ=p/(2πℏ), so 2πx⋅ξ=p⋅x/ℏ; comparing the defining integral of ψp with the L1 Fourier transform [F1] gives ψp(p)=(2πℏ)−d/2ψ^(ξ)=(2πℏ)−d/2F2ψ(p/(2πℏ)), the last equality because ψ∈L1 and F2 extends  ⋅ ^. Hence U0=Dℏ∘F2 on S(Rd).

2.2step 1.1F3algebra

[The dilation is a unitary] For g∈L2 the substitution p=(2πℏ)ξ is an invertible linear map with determinant (2πℏ)d, so by [F3] applied to h=∣g∣2, ∫∣Dℏg(p)∣2dp=(2πℏ)−d∫∣g(p/(2πℏ))∣2dp=(2πℏ)−d(2πℏ)d∫∣g(ξ)∣2dξ=∥g∥2. Thus Dℏ is a linear isometry; its inverse Dℏ−1g(ξ)=(2πℏ)d/2g(2πℏξ) is likewise an isometry and the two compositions are the identity, so Dℏ is a surjective isometry.

3.1step 2.1step 2.2F1algebra

[Norm preservation on Schwartz functions] By steps 2.1 and 2.2 and unitarity of F2 [F1], ∥ψp∥2=∥DℏF2ψ∥2=∥F2ψ∥2=∥ψ∥2 for ψ∈S(Rd); moreover U0 is linear on S(Rd) because the integral and the dilation are linear.

4.1step 2.2step 3.1F1F4F5algebra∎

[Unique unitary extension] The subspace S(Rd) is dense in L2 because it contains the dense subspace Cc∞(Rd) [F4]; by [F5] the isometry U0 on S(Rd) has a unique bounded linear extension U:L2(Rd,dx)→L2(Rd,dp) with the same norm, so ∥Uψ∥=∥ψ∥ for every ψ∈L2. Surjectivity: for arbitrary h∈L2(Rd,dp), the vector ψ:=F2∗Dℏ−1h lies in L2, and since U agrees with DℏF2 on the dense set S while both sides are bounded, Uψ=h; hence U is onto. The norm identity of clause (c) is exactly ∥Uψ∥2=∥ψ∥2, and the normalization discussion is the determinant computation of step 2.2 read at g=F2ψ.

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