Quantum mechanics of higher derivative systems and total derivative terms
High Energy Physics - Theory
2016-09-06 v1 Quantum Physics
Abstract
A general theory is presented of quantum mechanics of singular, non-autonomous, higher derivative systems. Within that general theory, -th order and -th order Lagrangians are shown to be quantum mechanically equivalent if their difference is a total derivative.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/9511027,
title = {Quantum mechanics of higher derivative systems and total derivative terms},
author = {Yasuhito Kaminaga},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9511027},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
14 pages, REVTeX, no figures