Branched quantization

Alfred Shapere; Frank Wilczek

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.200402

Branched quantization

Alfred Shapere, Frank Wilczek

Physics And Astronomy

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We propose a method for quantization of Lagrangians for which the Hamiltonian, as a function of momentum, is a branched function, possibly with cusps. Appropriate boundary conditions, which we identify, ensure unitary time evolution. In special cases a dual (canonical) transformation maps the problem into a problem of quantum mechanics on singular spaces, which we also develop. Several possible applications are indicated.

Idioma original	English
Número de artículo	200402
Publicación	Physical Review Letters
Volumen	109
N.º	20
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.200402
Estado	Published - nov 13 2012

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U.S. Department of Energy Chinese Academy of Sciences Guangzhou Municipal Science and Technology Project Oak Ridge National Laboratory Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment National Science Foundation National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center National Natural Science Foundation of China	0970069, 0855614

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