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Geometric and deformation quantization

Mathematical Physics 2009-07-06 v2 math.MP Quantum Physics

Abstract

We present a simple geometric construction linking geometric to deformation quantization. Both theories depend on some apparently arbitrary parameters, most importantly a polarization and a symplectic connection, and for real polarizations we find a compatibility condition restricting the set of admissible connections. In the special case when phase space is a cotangent bundle this compatibility condition has many solutions, and the resulting quantum theory not only reproduces the well-known geometric quantization scheme, but also allows to quantize all interesting observables. For K\"ahler manifolds there is no compatibility condition, but a canonical choice for the parameters. The explicit form of the observables however remains undetermined.

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@article{arxiv.0903.5336,
  title  = {Geometric and deformation quantization},
  author = {Christoph Nölle},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0903.5336},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

28 pages; sections 4.3 & 5.1 corrected + minor corrections

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