Radial quantization in rotating space-times

DOI10.1007/S10701-007-9137-5MaRDI QIDQ2643682zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Robert Davis Bock

Publication date 27 August 2007

Published in Foundations of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0603037

zbMATH Keywords

closed timelike curvesgeneral relativity and gravitationtime discontinuity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relativistic dynamics for problems in Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics (70H40) General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Finite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics and their representations (81R05) Gravitational interaction in quantum theory (81V17) Black holes (83C57)

Abstract: We present a solution to the time discontinuity paradox in rotating reference frames by postulating that time is periodic. A kinematic restriction is enforced that requires the discontinuity to be an integral number of the periodicity of time. Quantized radii emerge for which the associated tangential velocities are less than the speed of light. Using the de Broglie relationship, we show that quantum theory may determine the periodicity of time. A rotating Kerr black hole and a rigidly rotating disk of dust are also considered.

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