Abstract
Universal quantum integrals of motion are introduced, and their relation with the universal quantum invariants is established. The invariants concerned are certain combinations of the second- and higher-order moments (variances) of quantum-mechanical operators, which are preserved in time independently of the concrete form of the coefficients of the Schrödinger equation, provided the Hamiltonian is either a generic quadratic form of the coordinate and momenta operators, or a linear combination of generators of some finite-dimensional algebra (in particular, any semisimple Lie algebra). Using the phase space representation of quantum mechanics in terms of the Wigner function, the relations between the quantum invariants and the classical universal integral invariants by Poincaré and Cartan are elucidated. Examples of the `universal invariant solutions' of the Schrödinger equation, i.e. self-consistent eigenstates of the universal integrals of motion, are given. Applications to the physics of optical and particle beams are discussed.
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