On the Dynamics of Multiparticle Carroll-Schr\"dinger Quantum Systems

TL;DR

This paper explores the dynamics of multiparticle Carroll-Schrödinger quantum systems in 1+1 dimensions, deriving their theory from relativistic models, analyzing interactions, symmetries, and connections to density functional theory.

Contribution

It introduces a new multiparticle Carroll-Schrödinger framework, derives the N-body theory from relativistic limits, and establishes links to density functional theory and nonlinear Schrödinger equations.

Findings

Internal forces cancel for translation-invariant interactions, leading to free collective dynamics.

Temporal bunching and antibunching phenomena are characterized for bosons and fermions.

A nonlinear Schrödinger equation with fixed nonlinearity coefficient is derived in the contact limit.

Abstract

We study the dynamics of multiparticle Carroll-Schr\"odinger (CS) quantum systems in $1{+}1$ dimensions, where $x$ acts as the evolution variable and $t$ as the configuration coordinate. We derive the $N$-body theory on equal-$x$ slices as the Carrollian limit of a relativistic multi-time Klein-Gordon model, introducing temporal interactions via minimal coupling to the temporal energy operators. An $x$-dependent gauge transformation maps this to an equivalent description with explicit many-body potentials, illustrated by a temporal coupled-oscillator model that exhibits synchronization. Adopting a complementary spatial viewpoint with a static potential $U_{\!tot}(\mathbf x)$, we show that the evolution is driven by the collective force $\sum_j\partial_{x_j}U_{\!tot}$; for any translation-invariant interaction (such as a regularized Coulomb potential), these internal forces cancel, rendering the collective dynamics free and highlighting Carrollian ultralocality. We also construct a coordinate duality mapping separable Schr\"odinger Hamiltonians to CS generators via Schwarzian derivatives. Exchange symmetry is formulated in the time domain, yielding temporal bunching for bosons and antibunching for fermions via the second-order coherence function $g^{(2)}(t,t')$. In second quantization, the contact limit yields a temporal derivative cubic--quintic nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation with a theoretically fixed nonlinearity coefficient $\beta=-3/16$. Finally, by coupling canonical pairs to external scalar and gauge fields, we establish an isomorphism with one-dimensional current-density functional theory, outlining a Carrollian Hohenberg-Kohn mapping and Kohn-Sham scheme.