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AQV II. A new formulation of the Weyl C*-algebra

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2011-08-24 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP Quantum Physics

Abstract

In this article a new formulation of the Weyl C*-algebra, which has been invented by Fleischhack, in terms of C*-dynamical systems is presented. The quantum configuration variables are given by the holonomies along paths in a graph. Functions depending on these quantum variables form the analytic holonomy C*-algebra. Each classical flux variable is quantised as an element of a flux group associated to a certain surface set and a graph. The quantised spatial diffeomorphisms are elements of the group of bisections of a finite graph system. Then different actions of the flux group associated to surfaces and the group of bisections on the analytic holonomy C*-algebra are studied. The Weyl C*-algebra for surfaces is generated by unitary operators, which implements the group-valued quantum flux operators, and certain functions depending on holonomies along paths that satisfy canonical commutation relations. Furthermore there is a unique pure state on the commutative Weyl C*-algebra for surfaces, which is a path- or graph-diffeomorphism invariant.

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@article{arxiv.1108.4578,
  title  = {AQV II. A new formulation of the Weyl C*-algebra},
  author = {Diana Kaminski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1108.4578},
  year   = {2011}
}

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71 pages, 10 figures