학술논문

The centripetal force law and the equation of motion for a particle on a curved hypersurface
Document Type
Letter to the editor
Source
The European Physical Journal C - Particles and Fields. November 28, 2016, Vol. 76 Issue 12
Subject
Government regulation
Language
English
ISSN
1434-6044
Abstract
It is pointed out that the current form of the extrinsic equation of motion for a particle constrained to remain on a hypersurface is in fact a half-finished version; for it is established without regard to the fact that the particle can never depart from the geodesics on the surface. Once this fact is taken into consideration, the equation takes the same form as that for the centripetal force law, provided that the symbols are re-interpreted so that the law is applicable for higher dimensions. The controversial issue of constructing operator forms of these equations is addressed, and our studies show the quantization of constrained system based on the extrinsic equation of motion is preferable.
Author(s): L. D. Hu [sup.1] , D. K. Lian [sup.1] , Q. H. Liu [sup.1] Author Affiliations: (1) School for Theoretical Physics, School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan University, grid.67293.39, [...]