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Quantization of the Relativistic Particle Provided by CERN Document Server View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE Quantization of the Relativistic Particle provided by CERN Document Server S.P. Gavrilov∗ and D.M. Gitman† Instituto de F´ısica, Universidade de S~ao Paulo P.O. Box 66318, 05315-970 S~ao Paulo, SP, Brasil Instituto de F´ısica, Universidade de S~ao Paulo P.O. 66318, 05315-970 S~ao Paulo, SP, Brasil (May 27, 2000) Abstract We revise the problem of the quantization of relativistic particle, presenting a modified consistent canonical scheme, which allows one not only to include arbitrary backgrounds in the consideration but to get in course of the quanti- zation a consistent relativistic quantum mechanics, which reproduces literally the behavior of the one-particle sector of the corresponding quantum field. At the same time this construction presents a possible solution of the well-known old problem how to construct a consistent quantum mechanics on the base of a relativistic wave equation. 03.65.-w, 11.15.-q, 04.60.Ds. Typeset using REVTEX ∗Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Brasil; on leave from Tomsk Pedagogical University, Russia; present e-mail: [email protected] †e-mail: [email protected] 1 Already for a long time there exists a definite interest in quantization of classical and pseudoclassical models of relativistic particles (RP). This problem meets such difficulties as zero-Hamiltonian phenomenon and time definition problem. Consideration in arbitrary electromagnetic and gravitational backgrounds creates additional difficulties. The usual aim of the quantization is to arrive in a way to a corresponding relativistic wave equation without any attempt to demonstrate that a consistent quantum mechanics is constructed, since there is a common opinion that the construction of a such a mechanics on the base of relativistic wave equations is not possible due to existence of infinite number of negative energy levels, and due to existence of negative vector norms (in scalar case), and these difficulties may be only solved in QFT [1]. One of possible approach to the canonical quantization of RP models was presented in [2] on the base of a special gauge, which fixes reparametrization gauge freedom. However, the difficulties with inclusion of arbitrary backgrounds were not overcome and the consistent quantum mechanics was not constructed. It turns out that the whole scheme of quantization, which was used in that papers and repeated then in numerous works, has to be changed essentially to make it possible to solve the above problems and to construct a quantum mechanics which is consistent to the same extent to which a one- particle description is possible in the frame of the corresponding QFT. One of the main point of the modification is related to a principally new realization of the Hilbert space. At the same time this construction gives a solution of the above mentioned old problem how to construct a consistent quantum mechanics on the base of a relativistic wave equation Below we present a demonstration for a spinless particle case. The spinning particle case and all long technical details may be found by a reader in [3]. We start with a reparametrization invariant action of a spinless relativistic particle in- teracting with gravitational and electromagnetic backgrounds, 1 µ ν µ ν µ µ S = Ldτ; L = m x˙ gµν (x)˙x qx˙ gµν (x)A (x); x˙ = dx /dτ: (1) Z0 − q − 00 1 ik i We select a special gauge g0i = 0 (then g = g00− > 0;g gkj = δj) of the metric and define canonical momenta 2 ν @L mgµν x˙ ν pµ = = qAµ ;Aµ = gµν A : (2) @x˙ µ − √x˙ 2 − The discrete variable ζ = 1 is important for our consideration, ± ζ = sign [p + qA ] : (3) − 0 0 0 It follows from (2): sign(x ˙ )=ζ, and there is a constraint Φ1 = p0 + qA0 + ζω =0: The total Hamiltonian H(1) we construct according to a standard procedure [4], η˙ = η, H(1) ; Φ =0,λ>0;H(1) = ζλΦ ,η=(xµ;p ); (λ = x˙ 0 ): (4) { } 1 1 µ | | Φ1 = 0 is a first-class constraint. A possible gauge condition, which fixes only λ,hasthe form [2]: Φ = x0 ζτ =0: (5) 2 − We study equations of motion to clarify the meaning of ζ (below for simplicity gµν = ηµν = diag(1; 1;:::; 1)). Interpreting ζτ = x0 as a physical time, ζp = P as a physical − − i i momentum, dxj=d(ζτ)=dxj=dx0 = vj as a physical three-velocity, kin = P +(ζq)A as Pi i i the kinetic momentum, we may see that (4) in the gauge (5) read: d dζ Pkin =(ζq) E +[v; H] ; v = Pkin ; =0,ζ= 1; dx0 { } m2 + 2 dx0 ± Pkin p kin = kin . Thus, the classical theory describes both particle and antiparticles with P Pi k charges ζq. One can prove that for independent variables η =(x ;pk,ζ) equations of motion are canonical with an effective Hamiltonian Heff η˙ = η; ; =[ζqA (x)+!] 0 : (6) { Heff } Heff 0 x =ζτ ˆ k ˆ ˆ Commutation relations for the operators X ; Pk; ζ, which correspond to the variables k ˆ x ;pk,ζ, we define according to their Poisson brackets, and we assume the operator ζ to have the eigenvalues ζ = 1 by analogy with the classical theory. Thus, nonzero commutators ± are: [Xˆ k; Pˆ ]=i~δk and ζˆ2 = 1. As a state space we select one R, whose elements Ψ R j j ∈ are x-dependent four-component columns (x = xi) 3 Ψ+1(x) χζ(x) Ψ = ; Ψ (x)= ,ζ= 1 : (7) ζ ± Ψ 1(x) 'ζ (x) − The inner product in R is defined as follows: (Ψ; Ψ0)= Ψ+1; Ψ+10 + Ψ0 1; Ψ 1 ; − − + (Ψ; Ψ0)= Ψ(x)Ψ0(x)dx = [χ∗(x)'0(x)+'∗(x)χ0(x)] dx; Ψ=Ψ σ1: (8) Z Z We seek basic operators in block-diagonal form, ζˆ =bdiag(I; I) ; Xˆ k = xkI; Pˆ = − k pˆ I; pˆ = i~@ ; where I and I are 2 2and4 4 unit matrices respectively. A quantum k k − k × × ˆ Hamiltonian Hτ ; which defines the evolution in τ, is constructing using its classical analog , Heff 0 M ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ Hτ = ζqA0 + Ω; Ω=bdiag !ˆ x0=τ ; !ˆ x0= τ ; !ˆ = ; | | − G 0 g M = [ˆp + qA ] √ ggkj [ˆp + qA ]+m2√ g; G = 00 : (9) − k k − j j − √ g − ˆ The operator A0 =bdiagA0 x0=τ I; A0 x0= τ I is related to the classical quan- | | − tity A ; and Ωˆ is related to the classical quantity ! . Indeed, Ωˆ 2 = 0|x0=ζτ |x0=ζτ bdiag MG x0=τ I; GM x0= τ I corresponds (in classical limit) to square of the classical | | − quantity ! . Quantum states evolute in time τ in accordance with the Schr¨odinger equa- |x0=ζτ ˆ tion i~@τ Ψ(τ)=Hτ Ψ(τ); where the columns Ψζ (τ,x); and the functions 'ζ (τ,x),χζ (τ,x) from (7) depend now on τ. As before we believe that x0 = ζτ may be treated as physi- cal time and reformulate the evolution in its terms. At the same time we pass to another representation of state vectors. Ψ(x) χ(x) χc(x) Ψ(x0)= ; Ψ(x)= ; Ψc(x)= ; c c Ψ (x) '(x) ' (x) 0 c 0 0 Ψ(x)=Ψ+1(x ; x); Ψ (x)=Ψ∗ 1( x ; x);x= x ; x : (10) − − 0 0 The inner product of two states Ψ(x )andΨ0(x ) in such a representation takes the form c c (Ψ; Ψ0)=(Ψ; Ψ0)+ Ψ ; Ψ 0 ; (11) 4 k where (Ψ; Ψ0) is given by (8). In this representation the operators ζˆ and Xˆ retain their form, whereas the Schr¨odinger equation changes 0 ˆ 0 ˆ ˆ 0 ˆc 0 i~@0Ψ(x )=Hx0 Ψ(x ); Hx0 =bdiag h(x ); h (x ) ; ˆ 0 ˆc 0 ˆ 0 ˆ 0 ∗ h(x )=qA0I +ˆ!; h (x )=h(x ) = σ3h(x )σ3 : (12) q q − h i →− ˆ In accordance to our interpretation ζ is charge sign operator. Let Ψζ be states with a ˆ definite charge (ζq), ζΨζ = ζΨζ . It is easily to see that states Ψ+1 with the charge q have c ˆ 0 Ψ = 0. Then the equation (12) reads i~@0Ψ=h(x )Ψ : In fact it is Klein-Gordon equation (KGE) for the charge q in first order form. It reproduces exactly the covariant KGE for the scalar field '(x) with the charge q, 1 (i~@ qA ) √ ggµν (i~@ qA ) m2 ' =0; χ = √ gg00 (i@ qA ) ' : √ g µ − µ − ν − ν − − 0 − 0 − c States Ψ 1 with charge q have Ψ = 0. In this case the equation (12) reads i~@0Ψ = − − hˆc(x0)Ψc; with the Hamiltonian hˆc(x0); i.e. the KGE for the charge q: The inner product − (11) between two solutions with different charges is zero. For two solutions with charges q it takes the form of KGE scalar product for the case of the charge q. For two solutions with charges q the inner product (11) is expressed via KGE scalar product for the case of the − charge q. The Schr¨odinger equation (12) is totally charge invariant: − The eigenvalue problems for the Hamiltonians hˆ and hˆc in time independent external backgrounds hˆ { = { ; ( { ; { )={δ{ { δ ; {; {0 = ; ;n ;n {;n ;n 0;n0 ; 0 n;n0 ± c c c c c c c c ˆ { { { { h {;n = {;n {;n ; k;n ; { ;n = δ ; 0 δn;n0 ; {;n = σ3 ∗ {;n ,{;n = ;n ; (13) 0 0 − − − − solve the eigenvalue problem of the Hamiltonian (12): ˆ c c Hx0 Ψ = EΨ ; Ψ = Ψ{;n ; Ψ{;n ;E= {;n ; {;n ; { (x) 0 ;n c c Ψ{;n = ; Ψ{;n = ; (Ψ; Ψ )=0 0 c (x) {;n c c Ψ{ ; Ψ{ =(Ψ{;n; Ψ{ ;m)={δ{{ δnm ; { = : (14) ;n 0;m 0 0 ± 5 On the Fig.1 we show typical spectra (one can keep in mind e.g.
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