• Title of article

    Topological spectrum of mechanical systems

  • Author/Authors

    NETTEL، JOSE A. نويسنده , , Francisco and Quevedo، نويسنده , , Hernando and Rodrيguez، نويسنده , , Moicés، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2009
  • Pages
    11
  • From page
    355
  • To page
    365
  • Abstract
    We consider the method of topological quantization for conservative systems with a finite number of degrees of freedom. Maupertuisʹ formalism for classical mechanics provides an appropriate scenario which permits us to adapt the method of topological quantization, originally formulated for gravitational field configurations. We show that any conservative system in classical mechanics can be associated with a principal fiber bundle. As an application of topological quantization we derive expressions for the topological spectra of some simple mechanical systems and show that they reproduce the discrete behaviour of the corresponding canonical spectra.
  • Keywords
    topological quantization , Classical mechanics
  • Journal title
    Reports on Mathematical Physics
  • Serial Year
    2009
  • Journal title
    Reports on Mathematical Physics
  • Record number

    1585927