Published November 2007
| Version v1
Journal article
Generally covariant quantum mechanics on noncommutative configuration spaces
Creators
- 1. Institut fuer Mathematik, Einsteinstrasse 62, 48149 Muenster (Germany)
- 2. Mathematical Institute, Silesian University, Na Rybnicku 1, 74601 Opava (Czech Republic)
Description
We generalize the previously given algebraic version of 'Feynman's proof of Maxwell's equations' to noncommutative configuration spaces. By doing so, we also obtain an axiomatic formulation of nonrelativistic quantum mechanics over such spaces, which, in contrast to most examples discussed in the literature, does not rely on a distinguished set of coordinates. We give a detailed account of several examples, e.g., C∞(Q)xMn(C) which leads to non-Abelian Yang-Mills theories, and of noncommutative tori Tθd. Moreover, we examine models over the Moyal-deformed plane Rθ2. Assuming the conservation of electrical charges, we show that in this case the canonical uncertainty relation [xk,xl]=igkl with metric gkl is only consistent if gkl is constant
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1063/1.2804075;
- arXiv
- arXiv:0708.0388v1;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of Mathematical Physics
- Journal Volume
- 48
- Journal Issue
- 11
- Journal Page Range
- p. 112101-112101.15
- ISSN
- 0022-2488
- CODEN
- JMAPAQ
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 39035965
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ALGEBRA; AXIOMATIC FIELD THEORY; COMMUTATION RELATIONS; COORDINATES; FEYNMAN DIAGRAM; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; QUANTUM MECHANICS; TORI; YANG-MILLS THEORY
- Descriptors DEC
- DIAGRAMS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EQUATIONS; FIELD THEORIES; INFORMATION; MATHEMATICS; MECHANICS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SPACE
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 2007 American Institute of Physics