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Noncommutative space and the low-energy physics of quasicrystals

Mathematical Physics 2008-11-26 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory math.MP

Abstract

We prove that the effective low-energy, nonlinear Schroedinger equation for a particle in the presence of a quasiperiodic potential is the potential-free, nonlinear Schroedinger equation on noncommutative space. Thus quasiperiodicity of the potential can be traded for space noncommutativity when describing the envelope wave of the initial quasiperiodic wave.

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@article{arxiv.0804.2813,
  title  = {Noncommutative space and the low-energy physics of quasicrystals},
  author = {L. Monreal and P. Fernandez de Cordoba and A. Ferrando and J. M. Isidro},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0804.2813},
  year   = {2008}
}

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9 pages, some refs added