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The relativistic phase-space representation by means of the usual position and momentum operators for a class of observables with Weyl symbols independent of charge variable (i.e. with any combination of position and momentum) is proposed.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 B. I. Lev , A. A. Semenov , C. V. Usenko

The Stueckelberg formulation of a manifestly covariant relativistic classical and quantum mechanics is briefly reviewed and it is shown that in this framework a simple (semiclassical) model exists for the description of neutrino…

General Physics · Physics 2013-02-04 L. P. Horwitz , I. Aharonovich

We show that Wigner's infinite spin particle classically is described by a reparametrization invariant higher order geometrical Lagrangian. The model exhibit unconventional features like tachyonic behaviour and momenta proportional to…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-11 Ludde Edgren , Robert Marnelius , Per Salomonson

The present work deals with Einstein-aether Scalar tensor gravity in the background of homogeneous and isotropic flat FLRW space-time model. The Noether symmetry vector identifies a transformation in the augmented space so that the field…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-07-12 Dipanakr Laya , Roshni Bhaumik , Sourav Dutta , Subenoy Chakraborty

We consider classical N-particle system with arbitrary central pair potential. Mechanical equilibrium condition in spherically-symmetric case leads to a nonlinear integro-differential equation for concentration n(r). For special state…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2008-11-26 Sergey S. Kokarev

In this work we produce a classical Lagrangian description of an elementary spinning particle which satisfies Dirac equation when quantized. We call this particle a classical Dirac particle. We analyze in detail the way we arrive to this…

Classical Physics · Physics 2025-10-21 Juan Barandiaran , Martin Rivas

We explicitly establish a unitary correspondence between spherical irreducible tensor operators and cartesian tensor operators of any rank. That unitary relation is implemented by means of a basis of integer-spin wave functions that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-08-11 Antonio O. Bouzas

We put forward an interpretation of scalar quantum field theory as relativistic quantum mechanics by curing well known problems related to locality. A probabilistic interpretation of quantum field theory similar to quantum mechanics is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-12-20 W. Westra

As established by Sol\`er, Quantum Theories may be formulated in real, complex or quaternionic Hilbert spaces only. St\"uckelberg provided physical reasons for ruling out real Hilbert spaces relying on Heisenberg principle. Focusing on this…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2017-06-15 Valter Moretti , Marco Oppio

The classical model of spinning particle is analyzed in details in two versions - with single spinor and two spinors put on the trajectory. Equations of motion of the first version are easily solvable. The system with two spinors becomes…

Classical Physics · Physics 2019-09-17 Cezary J. Walczyk , Zbigniew Hasiewicz

All measurable predictions of classical mechanics can be reproduced from a quantum-like interpretation of a nonlinear Schrodinger equation. The key observation leading to classical physics is the fact that a wave function that satisfies a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-11-18 H. Nikolic

The paper contains a combinatorial theorem (the sequence of Newton polygons of a reccurent sequence of polynomials is quasi-linear) and two applications of it in classical and quantum topology, namely in the behavior of the $A$-polynomial…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2012-10-26 Stavros Garoufalidis

We discuss the conditions for the classicality of quantum states with a very large number of identical particles. By treating the center of mass as a Bohmian particle, we show that it follows a classical trajectory when the distribution of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-10-09 Xavier Oriols , Albert Benseny

A great effort has been devoted to formulate a classical relativistic theory of spin compatible with quantum relativistic wave equations. The main difficulty in order to connect classical and quantum theories rests in finding a parameter…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-11-23 Fabian H. Gaioli , Edgardo T. Garcia Alvarez

The Wigner function is a quantum analogue of the classical joined distribution of position and momentum. As such is should be a good tool to study quantum-classical correspondence. In this paper, the classical limit of the Wigner function…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-04-15 Jan Mostowski , Joanna Pietraszewicz

The authors of that work [Phys. Rev. D 88, 084014 (2013)], arXiv:1308.4552, derive quantum-mechanical equations valid for the covariant Dirac equation by restricting the choice of the tetrad field through the use of the "Schwinger gauge".…

General Physics · Physics 2013-12-25 Mayeul Arminjon

Wigner's theorem asserts that any symmetry of a quantum system is unitary or antiunitary. In this short note we give two proofs based on the geometry of the Fubini-Study metric.

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2012-08-01 Daniel S. Freed

The Galilean symmetry and the Poincare symmetry are usually taken as the fundamental (relativity) symmetries for `nonrelativistic' and `relativistic' physics, respectively, quantum or classical. Our fully group theoretical formulation…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-07-15 Otto C. W. Kong , Hock King Ting

A simple position probability density formulation is presented for the motion of a particle in a spherically symmetric potential. The approach provides an alternative to Newtonian methods for presentation in an elementary course, and…

Physics Education · Physics 2007-05-23 Lorenzo J. Curtis , David G. Ellis

Although intrinsic spin is usually viewed as a purely quantum property with no classical analog, we present evidence here that fermion spin has a classical origin rooted in the geometry of three-dimensional physical space. Our approach to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-11-10 W. E. Baylis , R. Cabrera , D. Keselica