General-relativistic wave-particle duality with torsion

被引:4
作者
Guedes, Francisco Ribeiro Benard [1 ,2 ]
Poplawski, Nikodem Janusz [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ New Haven, Dept Math & Phys, West Haven, CT 06516 USA
[2] Columbia Univ, Dept Biomed Engn, New York, NY USA
基金
英国科研创新办公室;
关键词
wave-particle duality; relativity; torsion; spinor; quantum mechanics; pilot wave; SUGGESTED INTERPRETATION; QUANTUM-THEORY; UNIVERSE; SPIN; TRAJECTORIES; SPACETIME; MOTION; TERMS;
D O I
10.1088/1361-6382/ad1fcb
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We propose that the four-velocity of a Dirac particle is related to its relativistic wave function by u(i)=(psi) over bar gamma i psi/(psi) over bar psi . This relativistic wave-particle duality relation is demonstrated for a free particle related to a plane wave in a flat spacetime. For a curved spacetime with torsion, the momentum four-vector of a spinor is related to a generator of translation, given by a covariant derivative. The spin angular momentum four-tensor of a spinor is related to a generator of rotation in the Lorentz group. We use the covariant conservation laws for the spin and energy-momentum tensors for a spinor field in the presence of the Einstein-Cartan torsion to show that if the wave satisfies the curved Dirac equation, then the four-velocity, four-momentum, and spin satisfy the classical Mathisson-Papapetrou equations of motion. We show that these equations reduce to the geodesic equation. Consequently, the motion of a particle guided by the four-velocity in the pilot-wave quantum mechanics coincides with the geodesic motion determined by spacetime. We also show how the duality and the operator form of the Mathisson-Papapetrou equations arise from the covariant Heisenberg equation of motion in the presence of torsion.
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