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A. Pelster

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arXiv1998

Novel Geometric Gauge Invariance of Autoparallels

We draw attention to a novel type of geometric gauge invariance relating the autoparallel equations of motion in different Riemann-Cartan spacetimes with each other. The novelty lies in the fact that the equations of motion are invariant even though the actions are not. As an application we use this gauge transformation to map the action of a spinless point particle in a Riemann-Cartan spacetime with a gradient torsion to a purely Riemann spacetime, in which the initial torsion appears as a nongeometric external field. By extremizing the transformed action in the usual way, we obtain the same autoparallel equations of motion as those derived in the initial spacetime with torsion via a recently-discovered variational principle.

gr-qc↗

arXiv1996

Relations Between Markov Processes Via Local Time and Coordinate Transformations

The Duru-Kleinert (DK) method of solving unknown path integrals of quantum mechanical systems by relating them to known ones does not apply to Markov processes since the DK-transform of a Fokker-Planck equation is in general not a Fokker-Planck equation. In this note, we present a significant modification of the method, based again on a combination of path-dependent time and coordinate transformations, to obtain such relations after all. As an application we express unknown Green functions for a one-parameter family of Markov processes in terms of the known one for the Schenzle-Brandt process.

cond-mat↗

arXiv1996

Transformation Properties of Classical and Quantum Laws under Some Nonholonomic Spacetime Transformations

Nonrelativistic Newton and Schroedinger equations remain correct not only under holonomic but also under nonholonomic transformations of the spacetime coordinates. Here we study the properties of transformations which are holonomic in the space coordinates while additionally tranforming the time in a path-dependent way. This makes them nonholonomic in spacetime. The resulting transformation formulas of physical quantities establish relations between different physical systems. Furthermore we point out certain differential-geometric features of these relations.

quant-ph↗