Quantum Mechanics and the Relativistic Hamilton-Jacobi Equation

1964 ◽  
Vol 133 (6B) ◽  
pp. B1622-B1624 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lloyd Motz ◽  
Adolph Selzer
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Jacobi Equation ◽  
Hamilton Jacobi Equation

scholarly journals The Equivalence Postulate of Quantum Mechanics, Dark Energy, and the Intrinsic Curvature of Elementary Particles

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alon E. Faraggi
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Dark Energy ◽  
Schrödinger Equation ◽  
Jacobi Equation ◽  
Schrodinger Equation ◽  
Axiomatic Approach ◽  
Quantum Potential ◽  
Curvature Term ◽  
Cocycle Condition ◽  
Hamilton Jacobi Equation

The equivalence postulate of quantum mechanics offers an axiomatic approach to quantum field theories and quantum gravity. The equivalence hypothesis can be viewed as adaptation of the classical Hamilton-Jacobi formalism to quantum mechanics. The construction reveals two key identities that underlie the formalism in Euclidean or Minkowski spaces. The first is a cocycle condition, which is invariant underD-dimensional Möbius transformations with Euclidean or Minkowski metrics. The second is a quadratic identity which is a representation of theD-dimensional quantum Hamilton-Jacobi equation. In this approach, the solutions of the associated Schrödinger equation are used to solve the nonlinear quantum Hamilton-Jacobi equation. A basic property of the construction is that the two solutions of the corresponding Schrödinger equation must be retained. The quantum potential, which arises in the formalism, can be interpreted as a curvature term. The author proposes that the quantum potential, which is always nontrivial and is an intrinsic energy term characterising a particle, can be interpreted as dark energy. Numerical estimates of its magnitude show that it is extremely suppressed. In the multiparticle case the quantum potential, as well as the mass, is cumulative.

scholarly journals Canonical transformations and the Hamilton-Jacobi theory in quantum mechanics

1999 ◽  
Vol 77 (6) ◽  
pp. 411-425 ◽  
Author(s):  
J -H Kim ◽  
H -W Lee
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Phase Space ◽  
Generating Functions ◽  
Jacobi Equation ◽  
Classical Case ◽  
Time Dependent ◽  
Canonical Transformations ◽  
Hamilton Jacobi Equation ◽  
Number Form

Canonical transformations using the idea of quantum generating functions are applied to construct a quantum Hamilton-Jacobi theory, based on the analogy with the classical case. An operator and a c-number form of the time-dependent quantum Hamilton-Jacobi equation are derived and used to find dynamical solutions of quantum problems. The phase-space picture of quantum mechanics is discussed in connection with the present theory.PACS Nos.: 03.65-w, 03.65Ca, 03.65Ge

Center of Mass Theorem and the Separation of Variables for Two-Body System on a Three-Dimensional Sphere

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 306-311
Author(s):  
Yu. Kurochkin ◽  
Dz. Shoukavy ◽  
I. Boyarina
Keyword(s):  
Constant Curvature ◽  
Jacobi Equation ◽  
Separation Of Variables ◽  
Center Of Mass ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Relative Distance ◽  
Dimensional Sphere ◽  
Body System ◽  
Spaces Of Constant Curvature ◽  
Hamilton Jacobi Equation

The immobility of the center of mass in spaces of constant curvature is postulated based on its definition obtained in [1]. The system of two particles which interact through a potential depending only on the distance between particles on a three-dimensional sphere is considered. The Hamilton-Jacobi equation is formulated and its solutions and trajectory equations are found. It was established that the reduced mass of the system depends on the relative distance.

Hamiltonian Mechanics

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Coopersmith
Keyword(s):  
Angular Momentum ◽  
Jacobi Equation ◽  
Modern Theory ◽  
Hamiltonian Mechanics ◽  
Lagrangian Mechanics ◽  
Canonical Transformations ◽  
Canonical Variables ◽  
Light Waves ◽  
Hamilton Jacobi Equation ◽  
Common Action

Hamilton’s genius was to understand what were the true variables of mechanics (the “p − q,” conjugate coordinates, or canonical variables), and this led to Hamilton’s Mechanics which could obtain qualitative answers to a wider ranger of problems than Lagrangian Mechanics. It is explained how Hamilton’s canonical equations arise, why the Hamiltonian is the “central conception of all modern theory” (quote of Schrödinger’s), what the “p − q” variables are, and what phase space is. It is also explained how the famous conservation theorems arise (for energy, linear momentum, and angular momentum), and the connection with symmetry. The Hamilton-Jacobi Equation is derived using infinitesimal canonical transformations (ICTs), and predicts wavefronts of “common action” spreading out in (configuration) space. An analogy can be made with geometrical optics and Huygen’s Principle for the spreading out of light waves. It is shown how Hamilton’s Mechanics can lead into quantum mechanics.

scholarly journals Classification of extinction profiles for a one-dimensional diffusive Hamilton–Jacobi equation with critical absorption

2018 ◽  
Vol 148 (3) ◽  
pp. 559-574
Author(s):  
Razvan Gabriel Iagar ◽  
Philippe Laurençot
Keyword(s):  
Differential Equation ◽  
Ordinary Differential Equation ◽  
Jacobi Equation ◽  
Threshold Value ◽  
Monotonicity Property ◽  
Fast Diffusion ◽  
Extinction Time ◽  
One Step ◽  
Hamilton Jacobi Equation

A classification of the behaviour of the solutions f(·, a) to the ordinary differential equation (|f′|p-2f′)′ + f - |f′|p-1 = 0 in (0,∞) with initial condition f(0, a) = a and f′(0, a) = 0 is provided, according to the value of the parameter a > 0 when the exponent p takes values in (1, 2). There is a threshold value a* that separates different behaviours of f(·, a): if a > a*, then f(·, a) vanishes at least once in (0,∞) and takes negative values, while f(·, a) is positive in (0,∞) and decays algebraically to zero as r→∞ if a ∊ (0, a*). At the threshold value, f(·, a*) is also positive in (0,∞) but decays exponentially fast to zero as r→∞. The proof of these results relies on a transformation to a first-order ordinary differential equation and a monotonicity property with respect to a > 0. This classification is one step in the description of the dynamics near the extinction time of a diffusive Hamilton–Jacobi equation with critical gradient absorption and fast diffusion.

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