The Schroedinger operator as a generalized Laplacian
Abstract
The Schroedinger operators on the Newtonian space-time are defined in a way which make them independent on the class of inertial observers. In this picture the Schroedinger operators act not on functions on the space-time but on sections of certain one-dimensional complex vector bundle -- the Schroedinger line bundle. This line bundle has trivializations indexed by inertial observers and is associated with an U(1)-principal bundle with an analogous list of trivializations -- the Schroedinger principal bundle. For the Schroedinger principal bundle a natural differential calculus for `wave forms' is developed that leads to a natural generalization of the concept of Laplace-Beltrami operator associated with a pseudo-Riemannian metric. The free Schroedinger operator turns out to be the Laplace-Beltrami operator associated with a naturally distinguished invariant pseudo-Riemannian metric on the Schroedinger principal bundle. The presented framework is proven to be strictly related to the frame-independent formulation of analytical Newtonian mechanics and Hamilton-Jacobi equations, that makes a bridge between the classical and quantum theory.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0711.2777,
title = {The Schroedinger operator as a generalized Laplacian},
author = {Katarzyna Grabowska and Janusz Grabowski and Pawel Urbanski},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0711.2777},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
19 pages, a remark, an example and references added - the version to appear in J. Phys. A: Math. and Theor