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Hurley, DJ,Vandyck, MA;
2009
May
Foundations of Physics
D-Differentiation in Hilbert Space and the Structure of Quantum Mechanics
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Quantum mechanics Path integration Aharonov-Bohm effect Hilbert space FIBER BUNDLE FORMULATION PARALLEL TRANSPORT TENSORIAL CURVATURE MIXED STATES EVOLUTION FRAMEWORK INTEGRALS SYSTEMS MOTION FIELDS
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An appropriate kind of curved Hilbert space is developed in such a manner that it admits operators of C- and D-differentiation, which are the analogues of the familiar covariant and D-differentiation available in a manifold. These tools are then employed to shed light on the space-time structure of Quantum Mechanics, from the points of view of the Feynman 'path integral' and of canonical quantisation. (The latter contains, as a special case, quantisation in arbitrary curvilinear coordinates when space is flat.) The influence of curvature is emphasised throughout, with an illustration provided by the Aharonov-Bohm effect.
DOI 10.1007/s10701-009-9297-6
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