Quantizing Chaplygin Hamiltonizable nonholonomic systems

Sci Rep. 2022 Jun 8;12(1):9414. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-13335-6.

Abstract

In this article we develop a quantization procedure for Chaplygin Hamiltonizable nonholonomic systems-mechanical systems subject to non-integrable velocity constraints whose reduced mechanics is Hamiltonian after a suitable time reparametrization-using Poincaré transformations and geometric quantization. We illustrate the theory developed through examples and discuss potential applications to the study of the quantum mechanics of nanovehicles.