The Dirac delta function can be defined as δ(x)=12π∫∞−∞eitxdt
How do we represent the units in cases like the momentum eigenvectors which, when units are included, is represented as 1√2πℏ⋅(kg−1m−1s)eιpxℏ
or 1√2πℏeιpxℏ⋅(kg12m12s−12)?Is there a preferred way to write the units(not constrained to SI units, any other system including natural units too) or do we just leave them out, though it would be dimensionally inconsistent without implied units.
Sources I can find for the momentum eigenvector ignore the units of the delta function without even mentioning.
P.S. The problem comes when trying to normalize the momentum operator.
Define ψp(x)=Aeιpxℏ
Normalizing it, ∫∞−∞ψ∗p1(x)ψp2(x)dx
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