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D. H. Delphenich

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arXiv2003

Spacetime G-structures I: Topological Defects

The notion of G-structure is defined and various geometrical and topological aspects of such structures are discussed. A particular chain of subgroups in the affine group for Minkowski space is chosen and the canonical geometrical and topological objects that are asssociated with each reduction of the bundle of affine frames on a four-dimensional manifold are detailed. Their physical significance is discussed in the language of topological defects in ordered media. Particular attention is paid to how one topologically characterizes the wave phase of the spacetime vacuum manifold.

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arXiv2002

Proper Time Foliations of Lorentz Manifolds

Some standard definitions and results concerning foliations of dimension one and codimension one are introduced. A proper time foliation of Minkowski space is defined and contrasted with the foliation that is defined by the time coordinate. The extent to which a Lorentz structure on a manifold defines foliations, and the issues concerning the extension of the proper time foliation of Minkowski space to a Lorentz manifold are discussed, such as proper time sections of a geodesic flow.

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arXiv2002

The Geometric Origin of the Madelung Potential

Madelung's hydrodynamical forms of the Schrodinger equation and the Klein-Gordon equation are presented. The physical nature of the quantum potential is explored. It is demonstrated that the geometrical origin of the quantum potential is in the scalar curvature of the of the metric that defines the kinetic energy density for an extended particle and that the quantization of circulation (Bohr-Sommerfeld) is a consequence of associating an SO(2)-reduction of the Lorentz frame bundle with wave motion. The Madelung equations are then cast in a basis-free form in terms of exterior differential forms in such a way that they represent the equations for a timelike solution to the conventional wave equations whose rest mass density satisfies a differential equation of the "Klein-Gordon minus nonlinear term" type. The role of non-zero vorticity is briefly examined.

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