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Perturbative anomalies in quantum mechanics

Mathematical Physics 2026-03-04 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory math.MP

Abstract

In this work, we propose a cohomological approach to studying perturbative anomalies in quantum mechanics. The Hamiltonian H^\hat{H} together with the symmetry generator S^\hat{S} forms a unitary representation of the two-dimensional Abelian Lie algebra gR2\mathfrak{g}\cong \mathbb{R}^{2} on the Hilbert space VV. We show that perturbations of such a system are related to the first Chevalley-Eilenberg cohomology group HCE1(R2,u(V))H^{1}_{CE}(\mathbb{R}^{2},\mathfrak{u}(V)). In turn, the perturbative anomalies of the symmetry S^\hat{S} are related to the second cohomology group HCE2(R2,u(V))H^{2}_{CE}(\mathbb{R}^{2},\mathfrak{u}(V)).

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@article{arxiv.2602.20968,
  title  = {Perturbative anomalies in quantum mechanics},
  author = {Maxim Gritskov and Andrey Losev and Saveliy Timchenko},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.20968},
  year   = {2026}
}

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8 pages

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