Principles of discrete time mechanics: II. Classical field theory

DOI10.1088/0305-4470/30/9/023zbMATH Open0949.70015arXivhep-th/9703080OpenAlexW3104223222MaRDI QIDQ4232188FDOQ4232188

Keith Norton, George Jaroszkiewicz

Publication date: 20 November 2000

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

Abstract: We apply the principles discussed in an earlier paper to the construction of discrete time field theories. We derive the discrete time field equations of motion and Noether's theorem and apply them to the Schrodinger equation to illustrate the methodology. Stationary solutions to the discrete time Schrodinger wave equation are found to be identical to standard energy eigenvalue solutions except for a fundamental limit on the energy. Then we apply the formalism to the free neutral Klein Gordon system, deriving the equations of motion and conserved quantities such as the linear momentum and angular momentum. We show that there is an upper bound on the magnitude of linear momentum for physical particle-like solutions. We extend the formalism to the charged scalar field coupled to Maxwell's electrodynamics in a gauge invariant way. We apply the formalism to include the Maxwell and Dirac fields, setting the scene for second quantisation of discrete time mechanics and discrete time Quantum Electrodynamics.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9703080

zbMATH Keywords

angular momentumNoether's theoremsecond quantizationcharged scalar fieldlinear momentumparticle-like solutionsMaxwell's electrodynamicsdiscrete time field theoriesdiscrete time quantum electrodynamicsdiscrete time Schrödinger wave equationfree neutral Klein-Gordon system

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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• Incursive discretization, system bifurcation, and energy conservation
• Principles of discrete time mechanics: I. Particle systems
• Discrete variational integrators and optimal control theory
• Discrete physics with conservation and Galilean invariance
• Geometric integrators and nonholonomic mechanics
• On variations in discrete mechanics and field theory

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