Quantum-classical diagnostics and Bohmian inequivalence for higher time-derivative Hamiltonians
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| author | Dey, Sanjib Fring, Andreas |
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| contents | We develop a Bohmian analysis of a two-dimensional ghost Hamiltonian and its mapping to the degenerate Pais-Uhlenbeck model. Using Gaussian wavepackets, we derive the corresponding guidance equations, the centre and width evolution, and the quantum potential. We use these quantities to characterise bounded, quasi-semiclassical, spiral, and runaway regimes. The Bohmian trajectories provide a direct dynamical diagnostic of coherence, packet deformation, and quantum-classical separation. We then compare a bi-Hamiltonian pair consisting of the ghost Hamiltonian and a classically equivalent alternative formulation. While the two descriptions produce identical classical trajectories, they lead to different Bohmian trajectories and different quantum potentials evaluated along those trajectories. This demonstrates that classical equivalence need not extend to Bohmian quantum dynamics and identifies a concrete quantum ambiguity in the degenerate higher-derivative system. |
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| spellingShingle | Quantum-classical diagnostics and Bohmian inequivalence for higher time-derivative Hamiltonians Dey, Sanjib Fring, Andreas Quantum Physics High Energy Physics - Theory Mathematical Physics We develop a Bohmian analysis of a two-dimensional ghost Hamiltonian and its mapping to the degenerate Pais-Uhlenbeck model. Using Gaussian wavepackets, we derive the corresponding guidance equations, the centre and width evolution, and the quantum potential. We use these quantities to characterise bounded, quasi-semiclassical, spiral, and runaway regimes. The Bohmian trajectories provide a direct dynamical diagnostic of coherence, packet deformation, and quantum-classical separation. We then compare a bi-Hamiltonian pair consisting of the ghost Hamiltonian and a classically equivalent alternative formulation. While the two descriptions produce identical classical trajectories, they lead to different Bohmian trajectories and different quantum potentials evaluated along those trajectories. This demonstrates that classical equivalence need not extend to Bohmian quantum dynamics and identifies a concrete quantum ambiguity in the degenerate higher-derivative system. |
| title | Quantum-classical diagnostics and Bohmian inequivalence for higher time-derivative Hamiltonians |
| topic | Quantum Physics High Energy Physics - Theory Mathematical Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.15395 |