Solutions of the Klein-Gordon equation on manifolds with variable geometry including dimensional reduction

DOI10.1007/S11232-011-0052-8zbMATH Open1274.81074arXiv1009.5309OpenAlexW3098084003MaRDI QIDQ377574FDOQ377574

Authors: D. V. Shirkov, Plamen Fiziev 

Publication date: 6 November 2013

Published in: Theoretical and Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We develop the recent proposal to use dimensional reduction from the four-dimensional space-time D=(1+3) to the variant with a smaller number of space dimensions D=(1+d), d < 3, at sufficiently small distances to construct a renormalizable quantum field theory. We study the Klein-Gordon equation on a few toy examples ("educational toys") of a space-time with variable special geometry, including a transition to a dimensional reduction. The examples considered contain a combination of two regions with a simple geometry (two-dimensional cylindrical surfaces with different radii) connected by a transition region. The new technique of transforming the study of solutions of the Klein-Gordon problem on a space with variable geometry into solution of a one-dimensional stationary Schr"odinger-type equation with potential generated by this variation is useful. We draw the following conclusions: (1) The signal related to the degree of freedom specific to the higher-dimensional part does not penetrate into the smaller-dimensional part because of an inertial force inevitably arising in the transition region (this is the centrifugal force in our models). (2) The specific spectrum of scalar excitations resembles the spectrum of the real particles; it reflects the geometry of the transition region and represents its "fingerprints". (3) The parity violation due to the asymmetric character of the construction of our models could be related to violation of the CP symmetry.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1009.5309

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zbMATH Keywords

dimensional reductionKlein-Gordon equationCP symmetry violationspace with variable geometryspectrum of scalar excitations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics (81Q05) Selfadjoint operator theory in quantum theory, including spectral analysis (81Q10) Quantum mechanics on special spaces: manifolds, fractals, graphs, lattices (81Q35)

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