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The momentum representation of the componentwise kinematics

Statement

Assume the Axiom of Countable Choice and the Axiom of Choice (The Axiom of Countable Choice (ACω), The Axiom of Choice). Fix d≥1, r≥1 and ℏ>0, let H(r)=L2(Rd;Cr) with the componentwise operators Qj,Pk of Componentwise position and momentum operators on the component-valued wave-function space, let U be the unitary of Momentum Fourier Jacobian: the unitary momentum representation clause (c), which on Schwartz classes acts by (Uψ)(p)=(2πℏ)−d/2∫Rde−ip⋅x/ℏψ(x) dx, and put U(r):=Ψ0(⨁lU)Ψ0−1 with Ψ0 as in Unitary identifications of the component-valued wave-function space. Then:

(a) U(r):L2(Rd,dx;Cr)→L2(Rd,dp;Cr) is unitary; for f=(fl)∈S(Rd;Cr), (U(r)f)l(p)=(2πℏ)−d/2∫Rde−ip⋅x/ℏfl(x) dx(l=1,…,r), U(r)f∈S(Rd;Cr), and ∫Rd∥U(r)f(p)∥Cr2 dp=∫Rd∥f(x)∥Cr2 dx;

(b) U(r)D(Pk)=D(Mpk), where Mpkg(p):=pkg(p) on D(Mpk)={g∈L2(dp;Cr):pkg∈L2}, and U(r)Pk=MpkU(r); equivalently (U(r)Pkf)(p)=pk(U(r)f)(p) for every f∈D(Pk) and almost every p;

(c) for every f∈S(Rd;Cr) and every j, U(r)(Qjf)(p)=iℏ ∂∂pj(U(r)f)(p)(p∈Rd), and both sides are Schwartz classes; no identity of unbounded operators on the full domain of Qj is asserted;

(d) for every a∈Rd, with Ta(r) the componentwise translation of Componentwise position and momentum operators on the component-valued wave-function space clause (c), U(r)Ta(r)U(r)−1=Me−ia⋅p/ℏ, the bounded multiplication operator by the unimodular function p↦e−ia⋅p/ℏ;

(e) under Ψ0 the operator U(r) is the orthogonal sum ⨁lU; no physical identification of U(r)f with a measured momentum distribution is made by this lemma.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: The Axiom of Countable Choice and the Axiom of Choice; integers d,r≥1; ℏ>0; the scalar unitary U and its componentwise version U(r); the operators Qj,Pk and their scalar counterparts; a class f=(fl); a vector a∈Rd; indices j,k.

[F1]

The scalar momentum representation. U is a unitary L2(Rd,dx)→L2(Rd,dp) with the displayed Schwartz formula; U=DℏF2 on Schwartz classes, where Dℏg(p)=(2πℏ)−d/2g(p/(2πℏ)) is a surjective isometry of L2(Rd;C) and F2 is the unitary Plancherel transform of Plancherel theorem; and on Schwartz classes U acts as the topological automorphism DℏF2 (Momentum Fourier Jacobian: the unitary momentum representation clauses (a)-(c), Fourier transform is a topological automorphism of Schwartz space).

[F2]

Scalar domains, Fourier representation and translations. D(Pk(1))={f:ξkF2f∈L2} and F2(Pk(1)f)(ξ)=2πℏξkF2f(ξ); the scalar translations are unitary and satisfy F2(Taf)(ξ)=e−2πia⋅ξF2f(ξ) on L1∩L2, hence on L2 by density and continuity (Self-adjointness, Fourier representation and translation identities of position and momentum clauses (b),(c), Fourier transform on complex L1 classes).

[F3]

Componentwise operators and identifications. Ψ0 is unitary and Qj,Pk are its conjugates of the corresponding orthogonal sums; F2(r) is unitary with the componentwise multiplication representation of Pk; the componentwise translations are the conjugates of ⨁lTa (Componentwise position and momentum operators on the component-valued wave-function space clauses (a)-(c), Unitary identifications of the component-valued wave-function space clauses (a),(c)).

[F4]

Differentiation under the integral. If for a parameter p the integrand is differentiable with derivative dominated by an integrable function independent of the parameter, the derivative may be taken under the integral sign (Differentiation under the integral sign). Change of variables under a translation holds for integrable functions (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). Tonelli's theorem for nonnegative measurable integrands (Tonelli's theorem for nonnegative measurable functions on a sigma-finite product).

[F5]

Dense extension of bounded identities. If two bounded operators agree on a dense subspace, they agree everywhere (A bounded linear map from a dense normed subspace into a Banach space extends uniquely with the same norm).

Proof

technique · direct; reduce unitarity and the Schwartz formula to the scalar supplier through the orthogonal-sum identification, transport the momentum representation and its domain, differentiate the Schwartz transform under the integral for the core identity of position, and extend the translation conjugation by density

Given: The data of the statement and [F1]-[F5].

1.1F1F3algebra

[Unitarity, Schwartz formula and Plancherel identity] By [F3] and Finite orthogonal sums of self-adjoint operators and of bounded operators clause (c) the orthogonal sum ⨁lU is unitary, hence so is its conjugate U(r) by the unitary Ψ0. On a Schwartz class f=(fl) each component is a scalar Schwartz class, so [F1] gives (U(r)f)l=Ufl with the displayed integral formula and Ufl∈S(Rd;C); hence U(r)f∈S(Rd;Cr). The Plancherel identity is the componentwise scalar identity of [F1], summed over l (finite sum) and read with the componentwise norms. This proves (a) and (e).

2.1step 1.1F1F2F3algebra

[Momentum domain and action] Let f=(fl)∈H(r). By [F2], for each l one has fl∈D(Pk(1)) exactly when ξkF2fl∈L2, and then F2(Pk(1)fl)=2πℏξkF2fl. Since U=DℏF2 and pkDℏh=Dℏ(2πℏξkh) pointwise for every h∈L2 with ξkh∈L2, one gets pkUfl=U(Pk(1)fl) and, conversely, pkUfl∈L2 exactly when ξkF2fl∈L2 because Dℏ is an isometry; thus UD(Pk(1))=D(Mpk) and UPk(1)=MpkU. Assembling components through Ψ0 [F3] gives U(r)D(Pk)=D(Mpk) and U(r)Pk=MpkU(r), which is (b).

2.2step 1.1F1F3F4algebra

[Position in the momentum representation] Let f∈S(Rd;Cr) and consider one component fl∈S(Rd;C). For fixed x, the pj-derivative of e−ip⋅x/ℏfl(x) is (−i/ℏ)xje−ip⋅x/ℏfl(x). Its modulus is ∣xjfl(x)∣/ℏ, an integrable bound independent of p because fl is Schwartz; [F4] therefore permits differentiation under the integral, giving ∂∂pj(Ufl)(p)=(2πℏ)−d/2∫e−ip⋅x/ℏ(−iℏxj)fl(x) dx=(−iℏ)(U(Qj(1)fl))(p), that is U(Qj(1)fl)=iℏ∂pj(Ufl). Since Ufl∈S by [F1], its partial derivative is again Schwartz (Schwartz space and its seminorms), and assembling components through [F3] proves (c).

3.1step 1.1F1F3F4F5algebra∎

[Translations] Let f=(fl) be a Schwartz class and fix a. For each component, the substitution y=x−a and [F4] give (UTafl)(p)=(2πℏ)−d/2∫e−ip⋅(x+a)/ℏfl(x) dx=e−ia⋅p/ℏ(Ufl)(p), so U(r)Ta(r)=Me−ia⋅p/ℏU(r) on the dense Schwartz subspace of H(r); both sides are bounded operators (products of unitaries, a translation and a unimodular multiplier), so [F5] extends the identity to all of H(r) and U(r)Ta(r)U(r)−1=Me−ia⋅p/ℏ, which is (d).

Remarks

  • What the momentum representative is. U(r)f is a class in L2(Rd,dp;Cr) obtained from f by the unitary transform of clause (a); the lemma makes no statement about measuring it, and the physical reading of ∥U(r)f(p)∥2dp as an outcome density is a separate consequence of the observable postulate, proved with the physics items of this page.
  • Core only for position. Clause (c) is asserted on Schwartz classes, where both sides are ordinary functions; no claim is made that the mapping g↦iℏ∂pjg with its maximal L2 domain is the unitary conjugate of the full position operator.

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