算符和对易关系

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3.2. 算符和对易关系#

  • 产生湮灭算符的反对易关系:

    • \([a_p^\dagger,a_q^\dagger]_+=a_p^\dagger a_q^\dagger+a_q^\dagger a_p^\dagger=0\)

    • \([a_p,a_q]_+=0\)

    • \([a_p^\dagger,a_q]_+=\delta_{pq}\)

  • 占据数算符\(\hat{N}_p=a_p^\dagger a_p\)

    • \(\hat{N}_p\)是厄密(Hermitian)的,\(\hat{N}_p={\hat{N}_p}^\dagger\)

    • \(\hat{N}_p\)是幂等(idempotent)的,\(\hat{N}_p={\hat{N}_p}^2\)

    • 对易关系:

      • \([\hat{N}_p,a_q^\dagger]=\delta_{pq}a_q^\dagger\)

      • \([\hat{N}_p,a_q]=-\delta_{pq}a_q\)

    • 当有一个串(string) \(\hat{X}\equiv a_p^\dagger a_qa_ra_p\cdots\)\([\hat{N}_p,\hat{X}]=N_p^X\hat{X}\),这里\(N_p^X\)\(\hat{X}\)中p位产生算符的数目减去湮灭算符的数目

  • 粒子数算符\(\hat{N}=\sum_{p=1}^m\hat{N}_p\)\([\hat{N},\hat{X}]=N^X\hat{X}\),这里\(N^X\)\(\hat{X}\)中所有产生算符的数目减去湮灭算符的数目

  • 激发算符\(\hat{X}_q^p=a_p^\dagger a_q\)

  • 正则对易子:

    \[ [\hat{r}_\alpha,\hat{p}_\beta]=i\delta_{\alpha\beta}\hat{N} \]

    此式仅在完备基组下成立,因为非完备基组,算符矩阵元素的乘积不等于乘积的算符矩阵的元素。详见Explicit text

降秩 (Rank Reduction)#

可以利用一些对易关系降低算符的秩,一个升/降算符的秩是\(1/2\).

\[ [\hat{A}, \hat{B}\hat{C}]=[\hat{A}, \hat{B}]\hat{C}+\hat{B}[\hat{A}, \hat{C}]=[\hat{A}, \hat{B}]_+\hat{C}-\hat{B}[\hat{A}, \hat{C}]_+ \]
\[ [\hat{A}, \hat{B}\hat{C}]_+ = [\hat{A}, \hat{B}]\hat{C}+\hat{B}[\hat{A}, \hat{C}]_+=[\hat{A}, \hat{B}]_+\hat{C}-\hat{B}[\hat{A}, \hat{C}] \]

Jacobi identity

\[ [\hat{A}, [\hat{B}, \hat{C}]] + [\hat{C}, [\hat{A}, \hat{B}]] + [\hat{B}, [\hat{C}, \hat{A}]] = 0 \]