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Quantum transformations

  • 1. Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL (United States). Institute for Fundamental Theory
  • 2. Univ. of Padova (Italy). Dept. of Physics G. Galilei

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We show that the quantum Hamilton-Jacobi equation can be written in the classical form with the spatial derivative ∂q replaced by ∂q with dq = dq/√1-β2(q), where β2(q) is strictly related to the quantum potential. This can be seen as the opposite of the problem of finding the wave function representation of classical mechanics as formulated by Schiller and Rosen. The structure of the above open-quotes quantum transformationclose quotes, related to the recently formulated equivalence principle, indicates that the potential deforms space geometry. In particular, a result by Flanders implies that both W(q) = V(q) - E and the quantum potential Q are proportional to the curvatures κW and κQ which arise as natural invariants in an equivalence problem for curves in the projective line. In this formulation the Schroedinger equation takes the geometrical form (∂q2 + κW)ψ = 0

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13 p.
Report number
DOE/ER/40272--294

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Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
29043304
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
EQUIVALENCE PRINCIPLE; HAMILTON-JACOBI EQUATIONS; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SCHROEDINGER EQUATION; TRANSFORMATIONS
Descriptors DEC
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EQUATIONS; MECHANICS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; WAVE EQUATIONS

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