  In this note we investigate what is the best L^p-norm in order to describe
the relation between the evolution of the state of a bilinear quantum system
with the L^p-norm of the external field. Although L^2 has a structure more easy
to handle, the L^1 norm is more suitable for this purpose. Indeed for every
p>1, it is possible to steer, with arbitrary precision, a generic bilinear
quantum system from any eigenstate of the free Hamiltonian to any other with a
control of arbitrary small L^p norm. Explicit optimal costs for the L^1 norm
are computed on an example.
