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Non-local Lagrangians: a variational approach to non-local conservation laws for wave mechanics

Quantum Physics 2016-08-01 v3

Abstract

We introduce a class of non-local Lagrangians which allow for the variational derivation of non-local conser- vation laws in a self-consistent manner. The formalism developed here generalizes previous approaches, used in the context of PT\mathcal{PT} symmetric quantum mechanics and optics in the paraxial approximation in a twofold way: firstly it is valid for a larger set of linear symmetry transforms and secondly it enables the derivation of additional non-local conservation laws for general higher dimensional wave mechanical systems.

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@article{arxiv.1510.00548,
  title  = {Non-local Lagrangians: a variational approach to non-local conservation laws for wave mechanics},
  author = {A. G. B. Spourdalakis and G. Pappas and P. A. Kalozoumis and F. K. Diakonos and P. Schmelcher},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1510.00548},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

The paper has been withdrawn due to incomplete formalism. A new version can be found in arXiv:1607.06730