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States of a quantum mechanical system are represented by rays in a complex Hilbert space. The space of rays has, naturally, the structure of a K\"ahler manifold. This leads to a geometrical formulation of the postulates of quantum mechanics…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Abhay Ashtekar , Troy A. Schilling

The concept of quantum geometry for single-particle states has revolutionized our interpretation of several emergent properties in condensed matter. However, a description of the quantum geometry for interacting particles and an…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-08-12 MingRui Lai , Fengyuan Xuan , Su Ying Quek

An algebraic formulation of Riemannian geometry on quantum spaces is presented, where Riemannian metric, distance, Laplacian, connection, and curvature have their counterparts. This description is also extended to complex manifolds.…

q-alg · Mathematics 2009-10-28 Pei-Ming Ho

Quantum particles under geometric constraints are sensitive to the geometry and topology of the underlying space. We analytically study the laser-driven nonlinear dynamics of a quantum particle whose motion is constrained to a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-02-19 Hannah Bendin , Benjamin Schwager , Jamal Berakdar

Quantum Hall effects provide intuitive ways of revealing the topology in crystals, i.e., each quantized "step" represents a distinct topological state. Here, we seek a counterpart for "visualizing" quantum geometry, which is a broader…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-01-10 B. Q. Song , J. D. H. Smith , T. Jiang , Y. X. Yao , J. Wang

The geometric formulation of quantum mechanics is a very interesting field of research which has many applications in the emerging field of quantum computation and quantum information, such as schemes for optimal quantum computers. In this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-04-24 Ole Andersson , Hoshang Heydari

Differential geometry may be generalized to allow infinitesimals to any order. The purpose of the present contribution is to show that the theory so developed expands received geometrical ideas in an interesting way, rich in potential for…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-06-07 William Bies

Quantum state space is endowed with a metric structure and Riemannian monotone metric is an important geometric entity defined on such a metric space. Riemannian monotone metrics are very useful for information-theoretic and statistical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-04-12 Prasenjit Deb

Berry curvature-related topological phenomena have been a central topic in condensed matter physics. Yet, until recently other quantum geometric quantities such as the metric and connection received only little attention due to the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-07-08 Yiyang Jiang , Tobias Holder , Binghai Yan

We study the quantum Riemannian geometry of quantum projective spaces of any dimension. In particular we compute the Riemann and Ricci tensors, using previously introduced quantum metrics and quantum Levi-Civita connections. We show that…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2022-07-15 Marco Matassa

The geometrical description of a Hilbert space asociated with a quantum system considers a Hermitian tensor to describe the scalar inner product of vectors which are now described by vector fields. The real part of this tensor represents a…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2010-10-12 P. Aniello , J. Clemente-Gallardo , G. Marmo , G. F. Volkert

The manifold of pure quantum states is a complex projective space endowed with the unitary-invariant geometry of Fubini and Study. According to the principles of geometric quantum mechanics, the detailed physical characteristics of a given…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-26 Dorje C. Brody , Lane P. Hughston

Riemannian metric on real 2n-dimensional space associated with the equation governing complex diffusion of pure states of an open quantum system is introduced and studied. Examples of a qubit under the influence of dephasing and thermal…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Nikola Buric

The application of geometry to physics has provided us with new insightful information about many physical theories such as classical mechanics, general relativity, and quantum geometry (quantum gravity). The geometry also plays an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-19 Hoshang Heydari

Exploiting novel aspects of the quantum geometry of charged particles in a magnetic field via gauge-invariant variables, we provide tangible connections between the response of quantum Hall fluids to non-uniform electric fields and the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-04-14 YingKang Chen , Guodong Jiang , Rudro R. Biswas

We argue that a consistent coupling of a quantum theory to gravity requires an extension of ordinary `first order' Riemannian geometry to second order Riemannian geometry, which incorporates both a line element and an area element. This…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-04-11 Folkert Kuipers

The nonlinear optical behavior of quantum systems plays a crucial role in various photonic applications. This study introduces a novel framework for understanding these nonlinear effects by incorporating gauge-covariant formulations based…

General Physics · Physics 2025-03-11 Jingxu Wu , Chenjia Li

One of the most celebrated accomplishments of modern physics is the description of fundamental principles of nature in the language of geometry. As the motion of celestial bodies is governed by the geometry of spacetime, the motion of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-09-23 Tianyu Liu , Xiao-Bin Qiang , Hai-Zhou Lu , X. C. Xie

The optical properties of solids are governed not only by their energy band dispersions but also by the quantum geometry of Bloch states. While the role of energy bands in determining the perceived optical appearance of materials, such as…

Optics · Physics 2025-07-29 Chang-geun Oh , Sun-Woo Kim

The basic framework for a systematic construction of a quantum theory of Riemannian geometry was introduced recently. The quantum versions of Riemannian structures --such as triad and area operators-- exhibit a non-commutativity. At first…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 Abhay Ashtekar , Alejandro Corichi , Jose. A. Zapata
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