Number operator representation conjecture for quantized time evolution

Let f:CmRf:\mathbb{C}^{m}\to\mathbb{R} be a classical Hamiltonian, let Eb(f(Z))\mathcal{E}_{b}(f(\vec{Z})) be its quantization, and define

Uf,t:=exp[itEb(f(Z))],tR.U_{f,t}:=\exp[-\mathrm{i}t\mathcal{E}_{b}(f(\vec{Z}))],\qquad t\in\mathbb{R}.

Let NbN_b be the number operator and EbE_b the projection associated with the quantization procedure. Number operator representation conjecture. If ff is physically reasonable, then Eb(f(Z))\mathcal{E}_{b}(f(\vec{Z})) is essentially self-adjoint and, for every tRt\in\mathbb{R} and φranEb\varphi\in\operatorname{ran}E_b,

limνexp[itf(Z)νNb]φ=Uf,tφ.\lim_{\nu\to\infty}\exp[-\mathrm{i}tf(\vec{Z})-\nu N_b]\varphi=U_{f,t}\varphi.

Equivalently,

slimνexp[itf(Z)νNb]=Uf,tEb,tR.\mathop{\mathrm{s-lim}}_{\nu\to\infty}\exp[-\mathrm{i}tf(\vec{Z})-\nu N_b]=U_{f,t}E_b, \qquad t\in\mathbb{R}.

This conjecture seeks to represent the quantum evolution generated by the projected quantized Hamiltonian through a strong limit involving the more familiar number operator, without explicitly inserting the projection Eb\mathcal{E}_b. The source does not specify what counts as physically reasonable or provide evidence resolving the conjecture.

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Primary source

Hideyasu Yamashita, “Antinormally-Ordered Quantizations, phase space path integrals and the Olshanski semigroup of a symplectic group”, arXiv:2209.04139 (2022).

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