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朗道能级问题与量子霍尔效应新解

On a new methodology for handling Landau levels and quantum Hall effect

  • 摘要: 文章基于物理量的升降算符表示与态矢量的无量纲Fock态占据数表示处理朗道能级问题与量子霍尔效应。对朗道能级问题选取对称规范,采用升降算符表示,哈密顿量不再有表观的x-,y-方向上的不等价性,明显看出系统的对易可观测量完备集可选为HnbJz,问题可在算符nb=a1+a1+a2+a2之本征值一定的子空间中求解。求解过程非常简单,分立能级无需归因于一维谐振子,且同时自然地带出朗道能级的简并度,表明这些都是该问题的本质特征。这里的关键是用角动量撬动关于朗道能级问题中守恒量的认识,守恒量算符nb将整个希尔伯特空间分解为有限维的子空间。借助博戈留波夫变换,可以证明朗道能级问题具有电磁规范不变性。采用升降算符表示,可将量子霍尔效应的哈密顿量变换为与朗道能级问题的哈密顿量完全相同的形式,故可根据后者的完备态矢集开展进一步的讨论,极大地简化了量子霍尔效应问题的计算。我们的理论具有普适的意义,有助于解析地求解诸多量子力学基本问题。

     

    Abstract: In this article, the problem of Landau levels and the related quantum Hall effect are discussed by using representation with raising and lowering operators for physical observables and dimensionless occupation number representation for Fock states. In raising and lowering operators, the Hamiltonian for Landau levels under symmetric gauge is released from the apparent x-, y- asymmetry, and it is appropriate to choose H, nb, Jz as the complete set of commutative observables. The question can be solved at ease in a subspace defined by a definite eigenvalue of the variable nb = a1+a1 + a2+a2, the discrete energy levels need not be attributed to a harmonic oscillator, and their degeneracy turns out to be an essential character of the problem. The essential point here is the identification of a conservative quantity nb, which resolves the Hilbert space into subspaces of a definite dimension. With a proper Bogoliubov transformation it can be proven that the problem of Landau level is gauge invariant. Furthermore, when represented in raising and lowering operators, the Hamiltonian for quantum Hall effect can be turned into exactly the same form as the Hamiltonian for Landau levels, thus can be solved with the complete set of state-vectors for the latter. This will significantly simplify the treatment of problems related to quantum Hall effect. Our theory provides a universal methodology, which can be helpful for seeking the analytical solutions of various quantum mechanical problems.

     

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