Symplectic group in polymer quantum mechanics
Abstract
In this paper, we provide the representation of the symplectic group S p (2 n ,R ) in polymer quantum mechanics. We derive the propagator of the polymer free particle and the polymer harmonic oscillator without considering a polymer scale. The polymer scale is then introduced to reconcile our results with those expressions for the polymer free particle. The propagator for the polymer harmonic oscillator implies nonunitary evolution.
- Publication:
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Physical Review D
- Pub Date:
- May 2020
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.101.106004
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2003.00388
- Bibcode:
- 2020PhRvD.101j6004G
- Keywords:
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- General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology;
- Mathematical Physics;
- Quantum Physics
- E-Print:
- 20 pages