Fractional-time quantum dynamics

Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2009 Aug;80(2 Pt 1):022103. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.80.022103. Epub 2009 Aug 28.

Abstract

Application of the fractional calculus to quantum processes is presented. In particular, the quantum dynamics is considered in the framework of the fractional time Schrödinger equation (SE), which differs from the standard SE by the fractional time derivative: partial differential/partial differentialt --> partial differential(alpha)/partial differentialt(alpha). It is shown that for alpha=1/2 the fractional SE is isospectral to a comb model. An analytical expression for the Green's functions of the systems are obtained. The semiclassical limit is discussed.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't