scholarly journals STAR PRODUCTS ON GENERALIZED COMPLEX MANIFOLDS

2007 ◽  
Vol 04 (08) ◽  
pp. 1231-1238
Author(s):  
JOSÉ M. ISIDRO
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Phase Space ◽  
Complex Manifold ◽  
Holomorphic Functions ◽  
Star Products ◽  
Smooth Functions ◽  
Background Magnetic Field ◽  
Generalized Complex ◽  
Classical Phase Space

We regard classical phase space as a generalized complex manifold and analyze the B-transformation properties of the ⋆-product of functions. The C⋆-algebra of smooth functions transforms in the expected way, while the C⋆-algebra of holomorphic functions (when it exists) transforms nontrivially. The B-transformed ⋆-product encodes all the properties of phase-space quantum mechanics in the presence of a background magnetic field.

scholarly journals DIRAC BRACKETS FROM MAGNETIC BACKGROUNDS

2007 ◽  
Vol 04 (04) ◽  
pp. 523-532 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOSÉ M. ISIDRO
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Charged Particle ◽  
Phase Space ◽  
Symplectic Form ◽  
Weak Magnetic Field ◽  
Complex Geometry ◽  
Poisson Brackets ◽  
Generalized Complex ◽  
Dirac Brackets ◽  
Classical Phase Space

In symplectic mechanics, the magnetic term describing the interaction between a charged particle and an external magnetic field has to be introduced by hand. On the contrary, in generalized complex geometry, such magnetic terms in the symplectic form arise naturally by means of B-transformations. Here we prove that, regarding classical phase space as a generalized complex manifold, the transformation law for the symplectic form under the action of a weak magnetic field gives rise to Dirac's prescription for Poisson brackets in the presence of constraints.

Invariance Groups in Classical and Quantum Mechanics

1973 ◽  
Vol 28 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 538-540 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. J. Simms
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Phase Space ◽  
Energy Levels ◽  
Classical Mechanics ◽  
Symmetry Groups ◽  
Casimir Invariants ◽  
Classical Phase Space ◽  
Invariance Groups ◽  
Classical And Quantum Mechanics

AbstractThis is a report on some new relations and analogies between classical mechanics and quantum mechanics which arise out of the work of Kostant and Souriau. Topics treated are i) the role of symmetry groups; ii) the notion of elementary system and the role of Casimir invariants; iii) energy levels; iv) quantisation in terms of geometric data on the classical phase space. Some applications are described.

scholarly journals A QUANTUM IS A COMPLEX STRUCTURE ON CLASSICAL PHASE SPACE

2005 ◽  
Vol 02 (04) ◽  
pp. 633-655
Author(s):  
JOSÉ M. ISIDRO
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Phase Space ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Complex Structure ◽  
Classical Mechanics ◽  
Elementary Excitation ◽  
Differentiable Structure ◽  
Duality Transformations ◽  
Kähler Potential ◽  
Classical Phase Space

Duality transformations within the quantum mechanics of a finite number of degrees of freedom can be regarded as the dependence of the notion of a quantum, i.e., an elementary excitation of the vacuum, on the observer on classical phase space. Under an observer we understand, as in general relativity, a local coordinate chart. While classical mechanics can be formulated using a symplectic structure on classical phase space, quantum mechanics requires a complex-differentiable structure on that same space. Complex-differentiable structures on a given real manifold are often not unique. This article is devoted to analysing the dependence of the notion of a quantum on the complex-differentiable structure chosen on classical phase space. For that purpose we consider Kähler phase spaces, endowed with a dynamics whose Hamiltonian equals the local Kähler potential.

Phase-Space Approach to Berry Phases

2006 ◽  
Vol 13 (01) ◽  
pp. 67-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dariusz Chruściński
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Phase Space ◽  
Wigner Function ◽  
Berry Phase ◽  
Space Formulation ◽  
Berry Phases ◽  
Classical Phase Space ◽  
New Formula ◽  
Space Approach

We propose a new formula for the adiabatic Berry phase which is based on phase-space formulation of quantum mechanics. This approach sheds a new light onto the correspondence between classical and quantum adiabatic phases — both phases are related with the averaging procedure: Hannay angle with averaging over the classical torus and Berry phase with averaging over the entire classical phase space with respect to the corresponding Wigner function.

scholarly journals COMPLEX MODULI OF PHYSICAL QUANTA

2005 ◽  
Vol 20 (12) ◽  
pp. 869-874
Author(s):  
JOSÉ M. ISIDRO
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Phase Space ◽  
Symplectic Structure ◽  
Classical Mechanics ◽  
Differentiable Structure ◽  
Complex Moduli ◽  
Classical Phase Space

Classical mechanics can be formulated using a symplectic structure on classical phase space, while quantum mechanics requires a complex-differentiable structure on that same space. Complex-differentiable structures on a given real manifold are often not unique. This paper is devoted to analysing the dependence of the notion of a quantum on the complex-differentiable structure chosen on classical phase space.

scholarly journals QUANTUM-MECHANICAL DUALITIES ON THE TORUS

2004 ◽  
Vol 19 (23) ◽  
pp. 1733-1744 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOSÉ M. ISIDRO
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Phase Space ◽  
Classical Mechanics ◽  
Quantum Mechanical ◽  
Differentiable Structure ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Classical Phase Space ◽  
Creation Operators

On classical phase spaces admitting just one complex-differentiable structure, there is no indeterminacy in the choice of the creation operators that create quanta out of a given vacuum. In these cases the notion of a quantum is universal, i.e. independent of the observer on classical phase space. Such is the case in all standard applications of quantum mechanics. However, recent developments suggest that the notion of a quantum may not be universal. Transformations between observers that do not agree on the notion of an elementary quantum are called dualities. Classical phase spaces admitting more than one complex-differentiable structure thus provide a natural framework to study dualities in quantum mechanics. As an example we quantise a classical mechanics whose phase space is a torus and prove explicitly that it exhibits dualities.

scholarly journals QUANTUM MECHANICS IN INFINITE SYMPLECTIC VOLUME

2004 ◽  
Vol 19 (05) ◽  
pp. 349-355
Author(s):  
JOSÉ M. ISIDRO
Keyword(s):  
Hilbert Space ◽  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Phase Space ◽  
Projective Space ◽  
Bergman Metric ◽  
Infinite Dimensional ◽  
Finite Dimensional ◽  
Classical Phase Space ◽  
Dimensional Projective Space

We quantise complex, infinite-dimensional projective space CP(ℋ). We apply the result to quantise a complex, finite-dimensional, classical phase space [Formula: see text] whose symplectic volume is infinite, by holomorphically embedding it into CP(ℋ). The embedding is univocally determined by requiring it to be an isometry between the Bergman metric on [Formula: see text] and the Fubini–Study metric on CP(ℋ). Then the Hilbert-space bundle over [Formula: see text] is the pullback, by the embedding, of the Hilbert-space bundle over CP(ℋ).

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