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General-relativistic wave$-$particle duality with torsion

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2024-07-08 v3 High Energy Physics - Theory Quantum Physics

Abstract

We propose that the four-velocity of a Dirac particle is related to its relativistic wave function by ui=ψˉγiψ/ψˉψu^i=\bar{\psi}\gamma^i\psi/\bar{\psi}\psi. This relativistic wave-particle duality relation is demonstrated for a free particle related to a plane wave in a flat spacetime. For a curved spacetime with torsion, the momentum four-vector of a spinor is related to a generator of translation, given by a covariant derivative. The spin angular momentum four-tensor of a spinor is related to a generator of rotation in the Lorentz group. We use the covariant conservation laws for the spin and energy-momentum tensors for a spinor field in the presence of the Einstein-Cartan torsion to show that if the wave satisfies the curved Dirac equation, then the four-velocity, four-momentum, and spin satisfy the classical Mathisson-Papapetrou equations of motion. We show that these equations reduce to the geodesic equation. Consequently, the motion of a particle guided by the four-velocity in the pilot-wave quantum mechanics coincides with the geodesic motion determined by spacetime. We also show how the duality and the operator form of the Mathisson-Papapetrou equations arise from the covariant Heisenberg equation of motion in the presence of torsion.

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@article{arxiv.2211.03234,
  title  = {General-relativistic wave$-$particle duality with torsion},
  author = {Francisco Ribeiro Benard Guedes and Nikodem Janusz Popławski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2211.03234},
  year   = {2024}
}

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14 pages, 1 figure; published version