Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2000-07-24
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
47 pages; shortened and clarified, some explanations added
Scientific paper
This article shows that one can consistently incorporate nonunitary representations of at least one group into the ``ordinary'' nonrelativistic quantum mechanics. This group turns out to be Lorentz group thus giving us an alternative approach to QFT for combining the quantum mechanics and special theory of relativity which keeps the concept of wave function (belonging to some representation of Lorentz group) through the whole theory. Scalar product has been redefined to take into the account the nonunitarity of representations of Lorentz group. Understanding parity symmetry turns out to be the key ingredient throughout the process. Instead of trying to guess an equation or a set of equations for some wave functions or fields (or equivalently trying to guess a Lagrangian for the same), one derives them based only on the superposition principle and properties of wave functions under Lorentz transformations and parity. The resulting model has striking similarities with the standard quantum field theory and yet has no negative energy states, no zitterbewegung effects, symmetric energy momentum tensor and angular momentum density tensor for \emph{all} representations of Lorentz group (unifying the theoretical description of all particles), as well as clear physical interpretation. It also offers a possible interpretation why particles and antiparticles have opposite quantum numbers.
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