The conformally invariant Laplace-Beltrami operator and factor ordering

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETA.2004.10.021MaRDI QIDQ2463102zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors M. P. jun. Ryan, A. V. Turbiner

Publication date 5 December 2007

Published in Physics Letters. A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0406167

zbMATH Keywords

conformal invariancefactor orderingLaplace-Beltrami operators

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General mathematical topics and methods in quantum theory (81Q99)

Abstract: In quantum mechanics the kinetic energy term for a single particle is usually written in the form of the Laplace-Beltrami operator. This operator is a factor ordering of the classical kinetic energy. We investigate other relatively simple factor orderings and show that the {it only} other solution for a conformally flat metric is the conformally invariant Laplace-Beltrami operator. For non-conformally-flat metrics this type of factor ordering fails, by just one term, to give the conformally invariant Laplace-Beltrami operator.

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