Heisenberg Picture (Heisenberg, 1925)
Let observable A^. The Heisen picture operator is
A~(t)=U†(t)AU(t)
| Schrödinger Picture | Heisenberg Picture | | | |
|---|
| State | $ | \psi(t)\rangle = U(t) | \psi(0)\rangle$ | $ | \psi(0)\rangle$ constant |
| Observable | A constant | A~(t)=U†(t)AU(t) | | | |
| Dynamics | $i\hbar\dfrac{d | \psi\rangle}{dt} = H(t) | \psi(t)\rangle$ | dtdA~=ℏi[H~(t),A~(t)] | |
For Uniform dynamics, H~(t)=H~. That means U(t)≜U(t,t0)=e−iHt/ℏeiHt0/ℏ
We know that something commutes with itself, so [U(t),H]=0
⇒H~(t)=U†(t)HU(t)=H
Heisenberg equation of motion for A~(t)
dtdA(t)=dtd(U†AU+U†AdtdU)
=−iℏ1U†HAU+iℏ1U†AHU
=−ℏi(U†HUU†AU−U†AUU†HU)
because commutator,
dtdA^(t)=ℏi[H^(t),A^(t)]