Origin of the quantum operator formalism and its connection with linear response theory

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2504.03144v1
• Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2025 03:44:18 GMT
• Title: Origin of the quantum operator formalism and its connection with linear response theory
• Authors: Ana María Cetto, Luis de la Peña,
• Abstract summary: We show that quantum mechanics in the Heisenberg representation can be understood as a linear response theory.<n>We identify a one-to-one relationship between the response variables and the corresponding operators.
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• Abstract: Linear response theory is concerned with the way in which a physical system reacts to a small change in the applied forces. Here we show that quantum mechanics in the Heisenberg representation can be understood as a linear response theory. To this effect, we first address the question of the physical origin of the quantum operator formalism by considering the interaction of a bound electron with the radiation field, including the zero-point component, following the approach of stochastic electrodynamics. Once the electron has reached a stationary state, it responds linearly and resonantly to a set of modes of the driving radiation field. Such a response can lead the system to a new stationary state. Identifying a one-to-one relationship between the response variables and the corresponding operators, results in the (x,p) commutator as the Poisson bracket of these variables with respect to the driving field amplitudes. To account for the order of the response variables, which is reflected in the non-commutativity of the operators, we introduce the concept of ordered covariance. The results obtained allow to establish a natural contact with linear response theory at the fundamental quantum level.

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