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A manifestly gauge-invariant hamiltonian formulation of classical electrodynamics has been shown to be relativistic invariant by the construction of the adequate generators of the Poincare Lie algebra [Physica, 76, No. 3, 421-444 (1974)].…

Classical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. de Haan

We provide a semiclassical description of the double-slit experiment based on momentous quantum mechanics, where the implementation of canonical variables facilitate the derivation of the equations of motion for the system. We show the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-06-08 Hector H. Hernandez Hernandez , Carlos R. Javier Valdez

Based on the most general principles of reality, gauge and reparametrization invariance, a problem of constructing the action describing dynamics of a classical color-charged particle interacting with background non-Abelian gauge and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-20 Yuri A. Markov , Margaret A. Markova , Alexey A. Shishmarev

We propose a new relativistic Lorentz-invariant spin-noncommutative algebra. Using the Weyl ordering of noncommutative position operators, we build an analogue of the Moyal-Groenewald product for the proposed algebra. The Lagrange function…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-11-02 V. M. Vasyuta , V. M. Tkachuk

An analysis of the path-integral approach to quantum theory motivates the hypothesis that two experiments with the same classical action should have dual ontological descriptions. If correct, this hypothesis would not only constrain…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-08-04 K. B. Wharton , D. J. Miller , Huw Price

A large class of classical dynamical systems with an external rapidly oscillating driving action is considered and the effective Hamiltonian-like equations for the mean motion are obtained. The respective Liouville equation for the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Nikolai P. Tretiakov , J. N. Teixeira Rabelo

We show that the classical mechanics of an algebraic model are implied by its quantizations. An algebraic model is defined, and the corresponding classical and quantum realizations are given in terms of a spectrum generating algebra.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Stephen D. Bartlett , David J. Rowe

There are known problems of Lorentz-Dirac equation for moving with acceleration charged particle in classical electrodynamics. The model of extended in one dimension particle is proposed and shown that electromagnetic self-interaction can…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Alexander A. Vlasov

Classical and quantum physics represent two distinct theories; however, quantum physics is regarded as the more fundamental of the two. It is posited that classical mechanics should arise from quantum mechanics under certain limiting…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-21 Abdul Rahaman Shaikh , Tabish Qureshi

Path integral formulation of quantum mechanics (and also other equivalent formulations) depends on a Lagrangian and/or Hamiltonian function that is chosen to describe the underlying classical system. The arbitrariness presented in this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-12-09 Denis Kochan

We study the classical dynamics of non-relativistic particles endowed with spin. Non-vanishing Zitterbewegung terms appear in the equation of motion also in the small momentum limit. We derive a generalized work-energy theorem which…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 G. Salesi

By requiring the linear differential operator in Newton's law of motion to be self adjoint, we obtain the field equation for the linear theory, which is the classical electrodynamics. In the process, we are also led to a fundamental…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-09-13 Parampreet Singh , Naresh Dadhich

We show that the semi-classical analysis of generic Euclidean path integrals necessarily requires complexification of the action and measure, and consideration of complex saddle solutions. We demonstrate that complex saddle points have a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-06-02 Alireza Behtash , Gerald V. Dunne , Thomas Schaefer , Tin Sulejmanpasic , Mithat Unsal

Within the frames of the analytical mechanics the method of the description of dynamics of nonequilibrium systems of potentially interacting elements is develops. The method is based on an opportunity of representation of nonequilibrium…

General Physics · Physics 2012-05-14 V. M. Somsikov

We treat a relativistically moving particle interacting with a quantum field from an open system viewpoint of quantum field theory by the method of influence functionals or closed-time-path coarse-grained effective actions. The particle…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Philip R. Johnson , B. L. Hu

We give a geometrical interpretation for the principle of stationary action in classical Lagrangian particle mechanics. In a nutshell, the difference of the action along a path and its variation effectively ``counts'' the possible…

Classical Physics · Physics 2023-08-15 Gabriele Carcassi , Christine A. Aidala

Critical analyses of well-known methods of derivation of kinetic and hydrodynamic equations is presented. Another method of derivation of kinetic and hydrodynamic equations from classic mechanics is described. It is shown that equations of…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2014-07-02 L. S. Kuz'menkov , P. A. Andreev

We present a new way of deriving classical mechanics from quantum mechanics. A key feature of the method is its compatibility with the standard approach used to derive transition rates between quantum states due to interactions. We apply…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-27 A. P. Meilakhs

We suggest that the physically irrelevant choice of a representative worldline of a relativistic spinning particle should correspond to a gauge symmetry in an action approach. Using a canonical formalism in special relativity, we identify a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-01-21 Jan Steinhoff

In this article one introduces a formalism of classical mechanics where complex Lagrangian functions are admitted. The results include complex versions of the Lagrangian function, of the Euler-Lagrange equation, of the Hamilton principle, a…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-02-03 Sergio Giardino