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Lorentz covariant physical Brownian motion: Classical and quantum

URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2407.08905v1
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2024 00:49:36 GMT
Title: Lorentz covariant physical Brownian motion: Classical and quantum
Authors: Henryk Gzyl,
Abstract summary: We re-examine the Goldstein-Kacc velocity switching model from two points of view. We prove that the forward and backward Chapman-Kolmogorov equations of the process are Lorentz covariant. We verify that transitions between states with disjoint supports in space-time cannot occur.
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Abstract: In this work, we re-examine the Goldstein-Ka\c{c} velocity switching model from two points of view. On the one hand, we prove that the forward and backward Chapman-Kolmogorov equations of the stochastic process are Lorentz covariant when the trajectories are parameterized by their proper time. On the other hand, to recast the model as a quantum random evolution, we consider restating the Goldstein-Ka\c{c} model as a Hamiltonian system, which can then be quantized using the standard correspondence rules. It turns out that the density for the random quantum evolution satisfies a Chapman-Kolmogorov equation similar to that of the classical case, and therefore, it is also Lorentz covariant. We compute the average quantum variance. To finish, we verify that the quantum model is also consistent with special relativity and that transitions outside the light cone, that is, transitions between states with disjoint supports in space-time, cannot occur.

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