Lagrangian Aspects of Quantum Dynamics on a Noncommutative Space
Abstract
In order to evaluate the Feynman path integral in noncommutative quantum mechanics, we consider properties of a Lagrangian related to a quadratic Hamiltonian with noncommutative spatial coordinates. A quantum-mechanical system with noncommutative coordinates is equivalent to another one with commutative coordinates. We found connection between quadratic classical Lagrangians of these two systems. We also shown that there is a subclass of quadratic Lagrangians, which includes harmonic oscillator and particle in a constant field, whose connection between ordinary and noncommutative regimes can be expressed as a linear change of position in terms of a new position and velocity.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0302167,
title = {Lagrangian Aspects of Quantum Dynamics on a Noncommutative Space},
author = {Branko Dragovich and Zoran Rakic},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0302167},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
15 pages, references added, minor corrections, to be published in the Proceedings of the Workshop "Contemporary Geometry and Related Topics", (Belgrade, 2002)