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Novel formulation of Hamilton-Jacobi equation for higher derivative theory and quantum mechanical correspondence

High Energy Physics - Theory 2021-02-02 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Classical Physics Quantum Physics

Abstract

For higher derivative theories, using the approach of Caratheodory's equivalent Lagrangian, we show that there exist novel formulations of Hamilton-Jacobi equations, which are different from the formulations derived from Hamilton's canonical approach. The quantum mechanical correspondences of these novel Hamilton-Jacobi equations lead to nonlinear quantum mechanics, which seem being able to avoid the unbounded negative energy problem in the quantum mechanics of higher derivative theories.

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@article{arxiv.2009.03200,
  title  = {Novel formulation of Hamilton-Jacobi equation for higher derivative theory and quantum mechanical correspondence},
  author = {Zhi-Qiang Guo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2009.03200},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

version2: 30 pages, no figures; largely simplified formulations of critical equations; references added