Quantum Origin of (Newtonian) Mass and Galilean Relativity Symmetry

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2207.07651v2
• Date: Tue, 16 May 2023 06:42:33 GMT
• Title: Quantum Origin of (Newtonian) Mass and Galilean Relativity Symmetry
• Authors: Otto C.W. Kong (Nat'l Central U., Taiwan)
• Abstract summary: The Galilei group has been taken as the fundamental symmetry for 'nonrelativistic' physics, quantum or classical. We present a sketch of the full picture here, emphasizing aspects that are different from the more familiar picture.
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• Abstract: The Galilei group has been taken as the fundamental symmetry for 'nonrelativistic' physics, quantum or classical. Our fully group theoretical formulation approach to the quantum theory asks for some adjustments. We present a sketch of the full picture here, emphasizing aspects that are different from the more familiar picture. The analysis involves a more careful treatment of the relation between the exact mathematics and its physical application in the dynamical theories, and a more serious full implementation of the mathematical logic than what is usually available in the physics literature. The article summarizes our earlier presented formulation while focusing on the part beyond, with an adjusted, or corrected, identification of the basic representations having the (Newtonian) mass as a Casimir invariant and the notion of center of mass as dictated by the symmetry. Another result is the necessary exclusion of the time translational symmetry, that otherwise bans interactions between particles.

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