Hamiltonian formulation for the positron trapping model

Summary A Hamiltonian formulation is used to build up an adequate Hamiltonian for the positron trapping model. The number of positrons annihilated in the free state,n _f, or the trapped one,n _v, are considered canonical conjugate variables; this point of view provides a route to propose a Hamiltonian which leads to the previously proposed phenomenological master equations.

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Riassunto Si usa una formulazione hamiltoniana per elaborare un'hamiltoniana adeguata per il modello a trappola dei positroni. Il numero di positroni annichilati nello stato libero,n _f, o in quello intrappolato,n _v, è considerato come variabili coniugate canoniche; in questo senso si fornisce una via per proporre un'hamiltoniana che porti alle equazioni principali fenomenologiche proposte precedentemente.

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Резюме Гамильтонова формулировка используется для конструирования адекватного Гамильтониана для модели захвата позитрона. Число аннигилированных позитронов в свободном состоянии,n _f, или число захваченных позитронов,n _v, рассматриваются как канонически сопряженные переменные. Этот подход приводит к Гамильтониану. Который дает ранее предположенные феноменологические ?управляющие? уравнения.

     

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