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Fundamental constraints on two-time physics

Quantum Physics 2016-10-05 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We show that generalizations of classical and quantum dynamics with two times lead to fundamentally constrained evolution. At the level of classical physics, Newton's second law is extended and exactly integrated in 1+21+2 dimensional space, leading to effective single-time evolution for any initial condition. In the domain of quantum mechanics, we follow strictly the hypothesis of probability conservation by extending the Heisenberg picture to unitary evolution with two times. As a result, the observability of two temporal axes is constrained by a generalized uncertainty relation involving level spacings, total duration of the effect and Planck's constant.

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@article{arxiv.1512.05345,
  title  = {Fundamental constraints on two-time physics},
  author = {E. Piceno and A. Rosado and E. Sadurní},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1512.05345},
  year   = {2016}
}

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13 pages, 1 figure. This version close to published paper

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