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We develop the Batalin-Vilkovisky formalism for classical field theory on generic globally hyperbolic spacetimes. A crucial aspect of our treatment is the incorporation of the principle of local covariance which amounts to formulate the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2017-08-23 Klaus Fredenhagen , Katarzyna Rejzner

The goal of this contribution is to introduce the Hamiltonian formalism of theoretical mechanics for analysing motion in generic linear and non-linear dynamical systems, including particle accelerators. This framework allows the derivation…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2024-02-27 Yannis Papaphilippou

The mathematical similarities between non-relativistic wavefunction propagation in quantum mechanics and image propagation in scalar diffraction theory are used to develop a novel understanding of time and paths through spacetime as a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-03-08 Sky Nelson-Isaacs

The Hamiltonians of $SU(2)$ and $SU(3)$ gauge theories in 3+1 dimensions can be expressed in terms of gauge invariant spatial geometric variables, i.e., metrics, connections and curvature tensors which are simple local functions of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-28 Daniel Z. Freedman

The non-local quantum field theories attract interest in the mathematical and physical community as candidates for effective description of the reality taking into account the quantum gravity effects. The standard methods, developed for the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2022-12-13 Aleksei Bykov

The alternative version of Hamiltonian formalism for higher-derivative theories is proposed. As compared with the standard Ostrogradski approach it has the following advantages: (i) the Lagrangian, when expressed in terms of new variables…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-21 Krzysztof Andrzejewski , Joanna Gonera , Piotr Machalski , Pawel Maslanka

With this paper, a consistent and comprehensive treatise on the foundations of the extended Hamilton-Lagrange formalism will be presented. In this formalism, the system's dynamics is parametrized along a system evolution parameter $s$, and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-05-15 Jürgen Struckmeier

We consider classical and quantum mechanics related to an additional noncommutativity, symmetric in position and momentum coordinates. We show that such mechanical system can be transformed to the corresponding one which allows employment…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Branko Dragovich , Zoran Rakic

The Hamiltonian formulation of scalar-tensor theories of gravity is derived from their Lagrangian formulation by Hamiltonian analysis. The Hamiltonian formalism marks off two sectors of the theories by the coupling parameter $\omega(\phi)$.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-28 Xiangdong Zhang , Yongge Ma

A simple method to canonically quantize noncommutative field theories is proposed. As a result, the elementary excitations of a (2n+1)-dimensional scalar field theory are shown to be bilocal objects living in an (n+1)-dimensional…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 Ciprian Acatrinei

The focus of the thesis is to obtain a universal formalism to evaluate the perturbations during inflation at all orders that can be applied to any theory of gravity and matter source in the early universe. We first look at the equivalence…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-01-10 Debottam Nandi

Earlier work presented a spacetime path formalism for relativistic quantum mechanics arising naturally from the fundamental principles of the Born probability rule, superposition, and spacetime translation invariance. The resulting…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-02-23 Ed Seidewitz

We study properties of a scalar quantum field theory on two-dimensional noncommutative space-times. Contrary to the common belief that noncommutativity of space-time would be a key to remove the ultraviolet divergences, we show that field…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Chaichian , A. Demichev , P. Presnajder

This note is an addendum to quant-ph/0507115. In that paper, I present a formalism for relativistic quantum mechanics in which the spacetime paths of particles are considered fundamental, reproducing the standard results of the traditional…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-11-16 Ed Seidewitz

Nonrelativistic Newton and Schroedinger equations remain correct not only under holonomic but also under nonholonomic transformations of the spacetime coordinates. Here we study the properties of transformations which are holonomic in the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Pelster , H. Kleinert

This paper provides a new geometric framework to describe non-conservative field theories with explicit dependence on the space-time coordinates by combining the k-cosymplectic and k-contact formulations. This geometric framework, the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2023-04-05 Xavier Rivas

The nonprojectable Horava theory at the kinetic-conformal point is defined by setting a specific value of the coupling constant of the kinetic term of the Lagrangian. This formulation has two additional second class-constraints that…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-10-19 Jorge Bellorin , Alvaro Restuccia

The necessity of rejecting the numerical model of geometrical extension is postulated on the basis of the idea of identity of space-time and physical vacuum. An attempt is made to define space-time not via the concept of manifold, but via…

General Physics · Physics 2009-07-03 G. L. Stavraki

The Lagrangian formulation of classical field theories and in particular general relativity leads to a coordinate-free, fully covariant analysis of these constrained systems. This paper applies multisymplectic techniques to obtain the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-11-01 G. Esposito , C. Stornaiolo , G. Gionti

The classical procedures which define the relativistic notion of space-time can be implemented in the framework of Quantum Field Theory. Only relying on the conformal symmetries of field propagation, time-frequency transfer and localization…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-02-27 Marc-Thierry Jaekel , Serge Reynaud