Topological Subordination in Quantum Mechanics

Abstract

An example of non-Markovian quantum dynamics is considered in the framework of a geometrical (topological) subordination approach. The specific property of the model is that it coincides exactly with the fractional diffusion equation, which describes the geometric Brownian motion on combs. Both classical diffusion and quantum dynamics are described using the dilatation operator xddx. Two examples of geometrical subordinators are considered. The first one is the Gaussian function, which is due to the comb geometry. For the quantum consideration with a specific choice of the initial conditions, it corresponds to the integral representation of the Mittag–Leffler function by means of the subordination integral. The second subordinator is the Dirac delta function, which results from the memory kernels that define the fractional time derivatives in the fractional diffusion equation.

Keywords

• subordination
• comb model
• anomalous diffusion
• non-Markovian quantum dynamics
• dilatation operator