2006
DOI: 10.1002/andp.200510177
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Koopman-von Neumann formulation of classical Yang-Mills theories: I

Abstract: In this paper we present the Koopman-von Neumann (KvN) formulation of classical non-Abelian gauge field theories. In particular we shall explore the functional (or classical path integral) counterpart of the KvN method. In the quantum path integral quantization of Yang-Mills theories concepts like gauge-fixing and Faddeev-Popov determinant appear in a quite natural way. We will prove that these same objects are needed also in this classical path integral formulation for Yang-Mills theories. We shall also explo… Show more

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“…0. Since~enters in the time derivative of Schödinger equation (17) as well as in the commutator relationship (15), the limit~! 0 encompasses more than the criterion that the coordinate and momentum operators must commute in the classical limit.…”
Section: Commutator Eqsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…0. Since~enters in the time derivative of Schödinger equation (17) as well as in the commutator relationship (15), the limit~! 0 encompasses more than the criterion that the coordinate and momentum operators must commute in the classical limit.…”
Section: Commutator Eqsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…(The Koopman-von Neumann approach has been extended to classical field theories in Refs. [17,19,20]. )…”
Section: Classical Field Theorymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…include Refs. 20,21,22,23,24. It should be emphasized that the Koopman-von Neumann-Sudarshan theory is not the → 0 limit of QM.…”
Section: 1415mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…We will show in this paper that the answer lies in the classic works of Koopman [9], von Neumann [10] and later others [11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25]. Sudarshan [26] developed a complete theory of Classical Mechanics (CM) based on Hilbert spaces associated with commuting hermitian operators as observables (hereinafter referred to as the KvNS theory).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%