The Transformation Properties of World Lines in Relativistic Quantum Mechanical Hamiltonian Models
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-1982
Publication Title
Foundations of Physics
Abstract
The supposition of the manifest covariance of average trajectory world lines is violated in Hamiltonian formulations of relativistic quantum mechanics. This is due to the nonlinear appearance of particle dynamical variable operators in the Heisenberg picture boosted position, velocity, and momentum operators. The magnitude of this deviation from world line manifest covariance is found to be exceedingly small for a number of common time of flight experiments.
Repository Citation
Lock, James A., "The Transformation Properties of World Lines in Relativistic Quantum Mechanical Hamiltonian Models" (1982). Physics Faculty Publications. 154.
https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/sciphysics_facpub/154
Original Citation
Lock, J. A. (1982). The transformation properties of world lines in relativistic quantum mechanical Hamiltonian models. Foundations of Physics, 12(8), 743 - 757.
DOI
10.1007/BF00731687
Volume
12
Issue
8
