Principles of discrete time mechanics: I. Particle systems

DOI10.1088/0305-4470/30/9/022zbMATH Open0949.70014arXivhep-th/9703079OpenAlexW3125786388MaRDI QIDQ4232187FDOQ4232187

George Jaroszkiewicz, Keith Norton

Publication date: 20 November 2000

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

Abstract: We discuss the principles to be used in the construction of discrete time classical and quantum mechanics as applied to point particle systems. In the classical theory this includes the concept of virtual path and the construction of system functions from classical Lagrangians, Cadzow's variational principle applied to the action sum, Maeda-Noether and Logan invariants of the motion, elliptic and hyperbolic harmonic oscillator behaviour, gauge invariant electrodynamics and charge conservation, and the Grassmannian oscillator. First quantised discrete time mechanics is discussed via the concept of system amplitude, which permits the construction of all quantities of interest such as commutators and scattering amplitudes. We discuss stroboscopic quantum mechanics, or the construction of discrete time quantum theory from continuous time quantum theory and show how this works in detail for the free Newtonian particle. We conclude with an application of the Schwinger action principle to the important case of the quantised discrete time inhomogeneous oscillator.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9703079

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zbMATH Keywords

scattering amplitudescharge conservationaction principlevirtual pathinvariants of motionCadzow's variational principleconcept of system amplitudecontinuous time quantum theorydiscrete time quantum theoryfree Newtonian particlegauge invariant electrodynamicsGrassmannian oscillatorpoint particle systemsquantized discrete time inhomogeneous oscillatorstroboscopic quantum mechanics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General mathematical topics and methods in quantum theory (81Q99) Dynamics of a system of particles, including celestial mechanics (70F99) Classical field theories (70S99)

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