Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Scientific paper
1998-12-05
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
31 pages. Several typos corrected. A combined version of this paper and gr-qc/9905028 (available at gr-qc/0001006) will be pub
Scientific paper
Symmetries are defined in histories-based generalized quantum mechanics paying special attention to the class of history theories admitting quasitemporal structure (a generalization of the concept of `temporal sequences' of `events' using partial semigroups) and logic structure for `single time histories'. Symmetries are classified into orthochronous (those preserving the `temporal order' of `events') and non-orthochronous. A straightforward criterion for physical equivalence of histories is formulated in terms of orthochronous symmetries; this criterion covers various notions of physical equivalence considered by Gell-Mann and Hartle as special cases. In familiar situations, a reciprocal relationship between traditional symmetries (Wigner symmetries in quantum mechanics and Borel-measurable transformations of phase space in classical mechanics) and symmetries defined in this work is established. In a restricted class of theories, a definition of conservation law is given in the history language which agrees with the standard ones in familiar situations; in a smaller subclass of theories, a Noether type theorem (implying a connection between continuous symmetries of dynamics and conservation laws) is proved.
Dass Tulsi
Joglekar Yogesh N.
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