Discrete phase space and continuous time relativistic quantum mechanics II: Peano circles, hyper-tori phase cells, and fibre bundles

TL;DR

This paper extends relativistic quantum mechanics into discrete phase space using Peano curves and hyper-tori, proposing a geometric framework for quantum states and fields that relates to string theory dimensions.

Contribution

It introduces a novel geometric approach with Peano circles and hyper-tori as phase cells, linking discrete phase space structures to relativistic quantum mechanics and string theory.

Findings

Peano circles represent phase cells in discrete phase space.

A hyper-tori structure models multi-dimensional phase cells.

The framework aligns discrete phase space dimensions with string theory models.

Abstract

The discrete phase space and continuous time representation of relativistic quantum mechanics is further investigated here as a continuation of paper I [1]. The main mathematical construct used here will be that of an area-filling Peano curve. We show that the limit of a sequence of a class of Peano curves is a Peano circle denoted as $\bar{S}^{1}_{n}$, a circle of radius $\sqrt{2n+1}$ where $n \in \{0,1,\cdots\}$. We interpret this two-dimensional Peano circle in our framework as a phase cell inside our two-dimensional discrete phase plane. We postulate that a first quantized Planck oscillator, being very light, and small beyond current experimental detection, occupies this phase cell $\bar{S}^{1}_{n}$. The time evolution of this Peano circle sweeps out a two-dimensional vertical cylinder analogous to the world-sheet of string theory. Extending this to three dimensional space, we introduce a $(2+2+2)$-dimensional phase space hyper-tori $\bar{S}^{1}_{n^1} \times \bar{S}^{1}_{n^2} \times \bar{S}^{1}_{n^3}$ as the appropriate phase cell in the physical dimensional discrete phase space. A geometric interpretation of this structure in state space is given in terms of product fibre bundles. We also study free scalar Bosons in the background $[(2+2+2)+1]$-dimensional discrete phase space and continuous time state space using the relativistic partial difference-differential Klein-Gordon equation. The second quantized field quantas of this system can cohabit with the tiny Planck oscillators inside the $\bar{S}^{1}_{n^1} \times \bar{S}^{1}_{n^2} \times \bar{S}^{1}_{n^3}$ phase cells for eternity. Finally, a generalized free second quantized Klein-Gordon equation in a higher $[(2+2+2)N+1]$-dimensional discrete state space is explored. The resulting discrete phase space dimension is compared to the significant spatial dimensions of some of the popular models of string theory.