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The first-order emitted-photon energy law: factorised kernel, normalisation, concentration at the transition energy and positivity on positive-measure windows
Statement
Assume the Axiom of Countable Choice and the Axiom of Choice (The Axiom of Countable Choice (), The Axiom of Choice). Fix and let , let be the transverse space with of Transverse continuum free Fock Hamiltonian, let , let () satisfy let and let with Fix and define the finite Borel measure and the vector-valued function Clause (a) includes and every real , including zero. Clauses (b)-(e) concern the normalized law when ; no nonzero assumption on is required. Then:
(a) (factorisation) for every and almost every , and consequently ;
(b) (normalisation) if , then for every the denominator is finite and strictly positive, so defines a Borel probability measure on with ;
(c) (concentration) if for some with -almost everywhere on , if is continuous at some with and , and if is continuous and bounded, then
(d) (positivity) if with -almost everywhere and -almost everywhere on a Borel set of positive Lebesgue measure, then for every ;
(e) (tail concentration) under the hypotheses of (c), for every , .
No dynamics, transition probability, rate, decay or physical identification is asserted; the lemma computes an explicit kernel, its normalised push-forward law and that law's limit.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: , , the transverse space , the cutoff data , the coupling , the coefficients , the vector (nonzero only for the normalized-law claims), the number , the measure , the kernel and the vectors .
Transverse space and the declared cutoff data. The space is a closed linear subspace and is continuous (Transverse continuum free Fock Hamiltonian clause (a)). The vectors , their common energy cutoff, the arbitrary complex coefficients and the finite sum are the given data; no dipole-matrix or atomic-eigenvector constraint on these coefficients is assumed.
The unchanged scalar kernel supplier. For , and , and . The kernel is continuous, nonnegative and even, has mass , and for continuous at one has (Golden-rule coefficient approximate identity clauses (a),(b)). Only these scalar clauses are used; its more restricted emission-coefficient clause (c) is not applied to the present arbitrary coefficients.
Definition of the push-forward. The set function is . Its measure property, total mass, support and nonnegative integration identity for the present arbitrary are proved in step 1.1 directly from this definition.
Null-set suppliers. A countable subset of is Lebesgue null under CC (Every at most countable subset of is Lebesgue null; in particular ). For every nonnegative Borel on , , with finite sphere measure (Polar coordinates decompose Lebesgue measure into r^{n-1} dr d sigma, Statement with ). These will prove nullity of the actual energy-level spheres, rather than inferring a null pullback from one-dimensional nullity alone.
Measure and integration. A measure with density satisfies . Nonnegative integrals and finite sums are additive, increasing nonnegative simple functions approximate nonnegative Borel functions, and monotone convergence applies (The measure with density relative to , Monotone convergence for the integral). Translation preserves Lebesgue integrals of integrable functions (A C^1 diffeomorphism satisfies the change-of-variables formula for L^1 functions). A nonnegative measurable function positive on a positive-measure set has positive integral: if its integral were zero, each set on which it is at least would be null, so their countable union could not have positive measure.
Continuity and limits. The declared continuity and limit conventions are those of Continuity of at a point of and on : the - condition, its agreement with at a limit point, and continuity at an isolated point and Limits at and , and infinite limits at a point. For a complex integrable function, its integral and limits can be computed by its real and imaginary parts.
Proof
Given: The data of the statement and [F1]–[F6], in particular ; only the normalized-law claims assume .
[Arbitrary-coefficient push-forward] Since is linear, the finite sum lies in it, with . The common cutoff gives a.e. outside . The weight is nonnegative and integrable, and the inverse image of a Borel set under continuous is Borel. Thus is nonnegative and finite, with and the stated support. For disjoint Borel , the inverse-image indicators of their finite unions increase to the indicator of their union; monotone convergence gives countable additivity. The identity holds first for indicators by definition, then for nonnegative simple functions by finite additivity and then for every nonnegative Borel by monotone convergence. It also holds for integrable real or complex functions by their positive/negative or real/imaginary decompositions. All conclusions include and do not import the source's special matrix coefficients.
[Exact zeros and their momentum pullback] Since , its zero set is exactly by [F2], and this is countable and one-dimensionally null by [F4]. The zeros of form . For each fixed energy , is empty if , is the singleton if , and is the sphere if . The singleton is null by [F4]. For a positive radius , apply the polar formula [F4] to the indicator of : its integral is because the one-dimensional singleton is null. Thus every such energy level is null in , and the countable union is null by countable subadditivity. Consequently for a.e. momentum . This establishes the exact needed pullback statement for arbitrary real .
[Amplitude and factorization including zero cases] For the time integral is continuous in and bounded by . Therefore is an vector with norm at most , and scalar multiplication preserves transversality, so . At it is zero. For , the kernel definition gives ; hence a.e. Integrating with step 1.1 proves the norm formula in (a). If or , both sides are zero; no division by that norm was used.
[Normalization when M is nonzero] The defining time integral has modulus at most , so everywhere. Thus . If , the set on which has positive Lebesgue measure. By step 1.2, the product is positive a.e. on that set, and its integral is positive by [F5]. Step 1.1 makes this integral exactly . Hence is a Borel probability measure, and its support is in because has that support. This proves (b). For , but this formal normalized kernel law is still defined whenever ; it is not asserted to arise by normalizing the zero amplitude. If then and no normalized law is asserted.
[Concentration for every bounded continuous complex test] Assume (c), and let be bounded continuous. The density equality and translation from [F5] give ; both integrals are finite because is bounded and . The function is continuous at , so [F2] applied to its real and imaginary parts makes the numerator tend to . Applied to it makes the denominator tend to . The denominator is also strictly positive at every time by step 3.1. The ratio therefore tends to , proving (c), with no restriction that the test or coefficients be real.
[Positive-measure windows] Under (d), the numerator is nonnegative and is strictly positive a.e. on the positive-measure Borel set : a.e. there, and the kernel vanishes only on the countable energy set from step 1.2. By [F5] its integral is positive, whereas step 3.1 gives a finite positive denominator. Thus for every , proving (d).
[Correctly shifted tail test] Under (c), fix and put . This is continuous, lies between zero and one, vanishes on , and equals one on . Use the bounded continuous function , so . Pointwise , whence by step 4.1. This proves (e) with the required energy shift.
[Assembly and scope] Step 2.1 proves (a) including every zero case; step 3.1 proves (b) only for ; steps 4.1–5.1 give the full concentration, positivity and tail claims. The arbitrary-vector push-forward was established locally in step 1.1, and the scalar kernel/approximate-identity clauses of the source were used unchanged. No dynamics, physical transition probability, rate, detector identification or normalization of a zero physical amplitude was asserted.
Remarks
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What concentrates. Clause (c) says that the normalised energy law of the explicit single-vertex vector converges to the unit mass at the parameter whenever the photon density has a continuous positive value there; clause (d) shows that at every finite time a window on which the density is positive almost everywhere still carries strictly positive probability. The two are compatible: the window probability tends to zero only for windows separated from , and the convergence is of the law, not of the density.
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No physical spike. The limit in (c) is a limit of an ideal model law as the parameter of the explicit vector grows; it is not an assertion that a physical line is sharp or that a measurement at time has a sharp outcome.
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Zero coupling and zero vector. When , the explicit amplitude vanishes, but the formal kernel law remains well-defined for . When , only the unnormalized factorization is asserted and all amplitudes vanish; no division by or zero denominator is made.
Depends on
Golden-rule coefficient approximate identity
Cutoff dipole relative bound
Transverse continuum free Fock Hamiltonian
The measure with density relative to
Monotone convergence for the integral
A C^1 diffeomorphism satisfies the change-of-variables formula for L^1 functions
Every at most countable subset of is Lebesgue null; in particular
Continuity of at a point of and on : the - condition, its agreement with at a limit point, and continuity at an isolated point
Limits at and , and infinite limits at a point
The space as the quotient by null functions
The Axiom of Countable Choice ()
The Axiom of Choice
Polar coordinates decompose Lebesgue measure into r^{n-1} dr d sigma
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Sources
- R. Fitzpatrick, Quantum Mechanics (University of Texas at Austin, author-hosted course text), Chapter 13 Sections 13.5-13.9 pp. 180-190 (first-order transition amplitudes, the resonance kernel and its concentration at the transition energy)
- S. Pratt, Lecture Notes on Quantum Mechanics (Michigan State University, PHY 851/852; Internet Archive snapshot of 2024-04-21), Chapter 6 Sections 6.8-6.9 pp. 95-97 (time-dependent perturbation theory and the golden-rule limit)