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The Magnetic Weyl Calculus

Mathematical Physics 2013-04-10 v1 Functional Analysis math.MP

Abstract

In the presence of a variable magnetic field, the Weyl pseudodifferential calculus must be modified. The usual modification, based on ``the minimal coupling principle'' at the level of the classical symbols, does not lead to gauge invariant formulae if the magnetic field is not constant. We present a gauge covariant quantization, relying on the magnetic canonical commutation relations. The underlying symbolic calculus is a deformation, defined in terms of the magnetic flux through triangles, of the classical Moyal product.

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@article{arxiv.math-ph/0401043,
  title  = {The Magnetic Weyl Calculus},
  author = {Marius Mantoiu and Radu Purice},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math-ph/0401043},
  year   = {2013}
}

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revised version of the preprint 03-498 on mp-arc accepted at Journal of Mathematical Physics