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The role of the modular group in the holonomy representation of (2+1)-dimensional quantum gravity is studied. This representation can be viewed as a "Heisenberg picture", and for simple topologies, the transformation to the ADM…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-04-28 S. Carlip , J. E. Nelson

We investigate the dynamics of a single deformable self-propelled particle which undergoes a spinning motion in a two-dimensional space. Equations of motion are derived from the symmetry argument for three kinds of variables. One is a…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2013-07-09 Mitsusuke Tarama , Takao Ohta

We study the action and the dynamics of a relativistic particle, uncharged or charged, in multiscale spacetimes. Invariance under reparametrizations and Poincar\'e symmetries uniquely determine the action and the line element to be the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-09-05 Gianluca Calcagni

The dynamics of particles with intrinsic angular momentum (spin) described by the Dirac equation is considered in a homogeneous space with rotation in the presence of a homogeneous vortex gravitational field. The effects of the interaction…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-02-20 V. G. Krechet , V. B. Oshurko , A. E. Kisser

A twistorial formulation of the N=1 D=4 superparticle with tensorial central charges describing massive and massless cases in uniform manner is given. The twistors resolve energy-momentum vector whereas the tensorial central charges are…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 S. Fedoruk , V. G. Zima

A new type of quasi-two-dimensional complex plasma system was observed which consisted of monodisperse microspheres and their binary agglomerations (dimers). The particles and their dimers levitated in a plasma sheath at slightly different…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2016-05-25 M. Chaudhuri , I. Semenov , V. Nosenko , H. M. Thomas

We construct one-particle states as unitary, irreducible representations of Poincare group in front form, characterized by a special null vector, dubbed reference vector. We demonstrate that this construction has massive-massless…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-05-26 Junmou Chen

Pseudoclassical supersymmetric model to describe massive particles with higher spins (integer and half-integer) in $2+1$ dimensions is proposed. The quantization of the model leads to the minimal (with only one polarization state) quantum…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-18 D. M. Gitman , I. V. Tyutin

We investigate a quantum nonrelativistic system describing the interaction of two particles with spin 1/2 and spin 0, respectively. We assume that the Hamiltonian is rotationally invariant and parity conserving and identify all such systems…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-06-11 Jean-Francois Desilets , Pavel Winternitz , Ismet Yurdusen

We present a dynamical framework for modeling the motion of point-like charged particles, with or without mass, in general external electromagnetic fields. A key feature of this formulation is the treatment of time coordinate as a dynamical…

Classical Physics · Physics 2026-01-07 Zui Oporto , Gonzalo Marcelo Ramírez-Ávila

The explicit covariant actions and propagators are given for fields describing particles of all spins and masses, in any spacetime dimension. Massive particles are realized as "dimensionally reduced" massless particles. To obtain compact…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-04-23 Lukas W. Lindwasser

We study a quantum-mechanical system of three particles in a one-dimensional box with two-particle harmonic interactions. The symmetry of the system is described by the point group $D_{3d}$. Group theory greatly facilitates the application…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-04-09 Paolo Amore , Francisco M. Fernández

We present a covariant framework of kinematics in the dS spacetime, which is a natural postulate of recent astronomical observations ($\Lambda>0)$. One-particle states are presented explicitly. It is noticed that the dispersion relation of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Zhe Chang , Shao-Xia Chen , Cheng-Bo Guan

We explore the non-equilibrium dynamics of non-interacting classical particles in a one-dimensional driven superlattice which is composed of domains exposed to different time-dependent forces. It is shown how the combination of directed…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2013-08-29 Thomas Wulf , Christoph Petri , Benno Liebchen , Peter Schmelcher

The motion of charged particles in spacetimes containing a submanifold of constant positive or negative curvature is considered, with the electromagnetic tensor proportional to the volume two-form form of the submanifold. In the positive…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-09-15 Yen-Kheng Lim

In $D=2+1$ dimensions, elementary particles of a given helicity can be described by local Lagrangians (parity singlets). By means of a "soldering" procedure two opposite helicities can be joined together and give rise to massive spin-$s$…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-11-14 D. Dalmazi , A. L. R. dos Santos , R. R. Lino dos Santos

The most general N=1 Lagrangian for the spinning particle with local supersymmetry is found and the constraints of the system are analysed. The Dirac quantisation of the model is also investigated.

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 W. Machin

The massive non-relativistic free particle in d-1 space dimensions has an action with a surprizing non-linearly realized SO(d,2) symmetry. This is the simplest example of a host of diverse one-time-physics systems with hidden SO(d,2)…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-08-25 Itzhak Bars

In this paper we consider 2+1-dimensional gravity coupled to N point-particles. We introduce a gauge in which the $z$- and $\bar{z}$-components of the dreibein field become holomorphic and anti-holomorphic respectively. As a result we can…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-28 Max Welling

Extended particles are considered in terms of the fields on the Poincar\'{e} group. Dirac like wave equations for extended particles of any spin are defined on the various homogeneous spaces of the Poincar\'{e} group. Free fields of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-10-11 V. V. Varlamov