Bundle theoretic descriptions of massless single-particle state spaces; how do we perceive a moving quantum particle

DOI10.1088/1751-8121/ACD5BCzbMATH Open1523.81194arXiv2201.11372OpenAlexW4376602766MaRDI QIDQ6155941FDOQ6155941

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Publication date: 7 June 2023

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

Abstract: Recently, a bundle theoretic description of massive single-particle state spaces, which is better suited for Relativistic Quantum Information Theory than the ordinary Hilbert space description, has been suggested. However, the mathematical framework presented in that work does not apply to massless particles. It is because, unlike massive particles, massless particles cannot assume the zero momentum state and hence the mass shell associated with massless particles has non-trivial cohomology. More precisely, the helicities of massless particles, which are shown to be equal to the first Chern classes of the bundles associated with the particles, act as topological obstructions that prevent us from applying the same framework. To overcome this difficulty, this paper suggests a new framework that applies to massless particles. Applications to the cases of massless particles with spin-1 and 2, namely the photon and the graviton, will reveal that the field equations, the gauge conditions, and the gauge freedoms of Electromagnetism and General Relativity naturally arise as manifestations of an inertial observer's perception of internal quantum states of a photon and a graviton, respectively. Finally, we show that gauge freedom is exhibited by all massless particles, except those with spin-0 and 1/2.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2201.11372

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zbMATH Keywords

gauge freedomphotongravitonmassless particleperception bundlerelativistic perception

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Psychophysics and psychophysiology; perception (91E30) Quantum optics (81V80) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in mechanics of particles and systems (70S15) Quantum information, communication, networks (quantum-theoretic aspects) (81P45) Other elementary particle theory in quantum theory (81V25) Covariant wave equations in quantum theory, relativistic quantum mechanics (81R20) Bosonic systems in quantum theory (81V73)

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