The quantum Mellin transform

J. Twamley; G. J. Milburn

doi:10.1088/1367-2630/8/12/328

The quantum Mellin transform

J. Twamley^*, G. J. Milburn

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We uncover a new type of unitary operation for quantum mechanics on the half-line which yields a transformation to 'hyperbolic phase space' (η, p_η). We show that this new unitary change of basis from the position x on the half line to the hyperbolic momentum p_η, transforms the wavef unction via a Mellin transform on to the critical line s = 1 /2 -ip_η. We utilize this new transform to find quantum wavefunctions whose hyperbolic momentum representation approximate a class of higher transcendental functions, and in particular, approximate the Riemann-Zeta function. We finally give possible physical realizations to perform an indirect measurement of the hyperbolic momentum of a quantum system on the half-line.

Original language	English
Article number	328
Pages (from-to)	1-20
Number of pages	20
Journal	New Journal of Physics
Volume	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/8/12/328
Publication status	Published - 20 Dec 2006

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