Quantum mechanics in multiply-connected spaces

DOI10.1088/0305-4470/29/7/019zbMATH Open0918.58077arXivhep-th/9603022OpenAlexW2059437358MaRDI QIDQ4229752FDOQ4229752

Vu Ho, M. J. Morgan

Publication date: 4 August 1999

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: This paper analyses quantum mechanics in multiply connected spaces. It is shown that the multiple connectedness of the configuration space of a physical system can determine the quantum nature of physical observables, such as the angular momentum. In particular, quantum mechanics in compactified Kaluza-Klein spaces is examined. These compactified spaces give rise to an additional angular momentum which can adopt half-integer values and, therefore, may be identified with the intrinsic spin of a quantum particle.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9603022

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zbMATH Keywords

angular momentumquantum mechanicsconfiguration spacemultiple connectednesscompactified Kaluza-Klein spaces

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General mathematical topics and methods in quantum theory (81Q99) Kaluza-Klein and other higher-dimensional theories (83E15) Applications of global analysis to the sciences (58Z05)

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