Equivalence Principle for Quantum Mechanics in the Heisenberg Picture
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2309.03095v2
- Date: Tue, 14 May 2024 08:50:47 GMT
- Title: Equivalence Principle for Quantum Mechanics in the Heisenberg Picture
- Authors: Otto C. W. Kong,
- Abstract summary: We present an exact quantum observable analog of the weak equivalence principle for a relativistic' quantum particle.
The quantum geodesic equations are obtained from Heisenberg equations of motion as an exact analog of a fully covariant classical Hamiltonian evolution picture.
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- Abstract: We present an exact quantum observable analog of the weak equivalence principle for a `relativistic' quantum particle. The quantum geodesic equations are obtained from Heisenberg equations of motion as an exact analog of a fully covariant classical Hamiltonian evolution picture, with the proper identification of the canonical momentum variables as $p_\mu$, rather than $p^\mu$. We discuss the meaning of the equations in relation to projective measurements as well as equations with solution curves as ones in the noncommutative geometric picture of spacetime, and a plausible approach to quantum gravity as a theory about quantum observables as physical quantities including the notion of quantum coordinate transformation.
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