Finslerian geometrization of quantum mechanics in the hydrodynamical representation

Shi-Dong Liang, Sorin V. Sabau, and Tiberiu Harko
Phys. Rev. D 100, 105012 – Published 18 November 2019

Abstract

We consider a Finslerian-type geometrization of the nonrelativistic quantum mechanics in its hydrodynamical (Madelung) formulation, by also taking into account the effects of the presence of the electromagnetic fields on the particle motion. In the Madelung representation, the Schrödinger equation can be reformulated as the classical continuity and Euler equations of classical fluid mechanics in the presence of a quantum potential, representing the quantum hydrodynamical evolution equations. The equation of particle motion can then be obtained from a Lagrangian similarly to its classical counterpart. After the reparametrization of the Lagrangian, it turns out that the Finsler metric describing the geometric properties of quantum hydrodynamics is a Kropina metric. We present and discuss in detail the metric and the geodesic equations describing the geometric properties of the quantum motion in the presence of electromagnetic fields. As an application of the obtained formalism, we consider the Zermelo navigation problem in a quantum hydrodynamical system, whose solution is given by a Kropina metric. The case of the Finsler geometrization of the quantum hydrodynamical motion of spinless particles in the absence of electromagnetic interactions is also considered in detail, and the Zermelo navigation problem for this case is also discussed.

  • Received 23 May 2019

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.100.105012

© 2019 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

General Physics

Authors & Affiliations

Shi-Dong Liang1,2,*, Sorin V. Sabau3,†, and Tiberiu Harko1,4,‡

  • 1School of Physics, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, People’s Republic of China
  • 2State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Material and Technology, and Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Display Material and Technology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, People’s Republic of China
  • 3School of Science, Department of Mathematics, Tokai University, Sapporo 005-8600, Japan
  • 4Department of Physics, Babes-Bolyai University, Kogalniceanu Street, Cluj-Napoca 400084, Romania

  • *stslsd@mail.sysu.edu.cn
  • sorin@tokai.ac.jp
  • t.harko@ucl.ac.uk

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Vol. 100, Iss. 10 — 15 November 2019

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