Composite quantum Coriolis forces

Abstract

The classical Coriolis force finds its quantum analogue in the difference $\Sigma(t)=H(t)-G(t)$ where the ``true'', observable Hamiltonian $H(t)$ represents the instantaneous energy. The other, ``false'' Hamiltonian $G(t)$ generates the time-evolution of wave functions. Whenever $\Sigma(t)\neq 0$, quantum mechanics acquires an interaction-picture form. Then, the time-evolution of every observable is generated by the Coriolis operator $\Sigma(t)$ ({\it alias} ``Heisenberg'' Hamiltonian) itself. In the paper a sequence of alternative formulae for $\Sigma(t)$ is derived under the assumption of an $N-$term factorization of the Dyson-map operator $\Omega(t)$ (defined as converting a preselected quasi-Hermitian $H(t)$ into its conventional self-adjoint avatar). It is shown that in the resulting innovative formalism called ``factorization-based non-Hermitian interaction picture'' (FNIP) one has a choice between $N+1$ alternative forms of the description of quantum dynamics, one of which may prove, for the underlying quantum system, optimal. For illustration, the ``wrong-sign'' anharmonic oscillator model is recalled.