Quantum Mechanics in a Rotating Frame

Tong Chen, Ning Wu, Yue Yu

We have developed a path integral formalism of the quantum mechanics in the rotating frame of reference, and proposed a path integral description of spin degrees of freedom, which is connected to the Schwinger bosons realization of the angular momenta. We have also given several important examples for the applications in the rotating frames.

W. H. Klink

Yakir Aharonov

P. Gulshani, DAVID J. ROWE

It is shown that, in general, the current flow for a single particle in quantum mechanics exhibits circulations. These circulations are studied in detail for the anisotropic oscillator system in a slowly rotating frame.

E. Schmutzer, Jerzy F Plebanski

Yu Shi

In the context of an application to superfluidity, it is elaborated how to do quantum mechanics of a system with a rotational velocity. Especially, in both the laboratory frame and the non-inertial co-rotating frame, the canonical momentum, which corresponds to the quantum mechanical momentum operator, contains a part due to the rotational velocity.