Publication details
Uniqueness results by covariance in covariant quantum mechanics
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| Year of publication | 2002 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on "Quantum Theory and Symmetries", eds. E. Kapuscik, A. Horzela |
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| Field | General mathematics |
| Keywords | Galilei spacetime; quantum mechanics; covariant operators |
| Description | We show that the only requirement of general covariance essentially determines the quantum operators associated with a classical quantisable function and the Schr\"odinger operator. Our framework is the covariant quantum mechanics of a scalar quantum particle in a curved spacetime, which is fibred over absolute time and equipped with given spacelike metric, gravitational field and electromagnetic field. In particular, in the flat case, we recover the standard operators. |
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