Quantum motion on a torus as a submanifold problem in a generalized Dirac's theory of second-class constraints

DOI10.1016/J.AOP.2013.07.008zbMATH Open1348.81279arXiv1212.6373OpenAlexW1987722829MaRDI QIDQ336174FDOQ336174

Authors: Da-Mao Xun, Quan-hui Liu, X. M. Zhu 

Publication date: 10 November 2016

Published in: Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A generalization of the Dirac's canonical quantization theory for a system with second-class constraints is proposed as the fundamental commutation relations that are constituted by all commutators between positions, momenta and Hamiltonian so they are simultaneously quantized in a self-consistent manner, rather than by those between merely positions and momenta so the theory either contains redundant freedoms or conflicts with experiments. The application of the generalized theory to quantum motion on a torus leads to two remarkable results: i) The theory formulated purely on the torus, i.e., based on the so-called the purely intrinsic geometry, conflicts with itself. So it provides an explanation why an intrinsic examination of quantum motion on torus within the Schrodinger formalism is improper. ii) An extrinsic examination of the torus as a submanifold in three dimensional flat space turns out to be self-consistent and the resultant momenta and Hamiltonian are satisfactory all around.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1212.6373

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zbMATH Keywords

quantum mechanicsquantum fields in curved spacetimecanonical quantization

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum mechanics on special spaces: manifolds, fractals, graphs, lattices (81Q35) Commutation relations and statistics as related to quantum mechanics (general) (81S05) Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Constrained dynamics, Dirac's theory of constraints (70H45)

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