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Cotangent bundle quantization: Entangling of metric and magnetic field

Quantum Physics 2009-11-11 v2

Abstract

For manifolds M\cal M of noncompact type endowed with an affine connection (for example, the Levi-Civita connection) and a closed 2-form (magnetic field) we define a Hilbert algebra structure in the space L2(TM)L^2(T^*\cal M) and construct an irreducible representation of this algebra in L2(M)L^2(\cal M). This algebra is automatically extended to polynomial in momenta functions and distributions. Under some natural conditions this algebra is unique. The non-commutative product over TMT^*\cal M is given by an explicit integral formula. This product is exact (not formal) and is expressed in invariant geometrical terms. Our analysis reveals this product has a front, which is described in terms of geodesic triangles in M\cal M. The quantization of δ\delta-functions induces a family of symplectic reflections in TMT^*\cal M and generates a magneto-geodesic connection Γ\Gamma on TMT^*\cal M. This symplectic connection entangles, on the phase space level, the original affine structure on M\cal M and the magnetic field. In the classical approximation, the 2\hbar^2-part of the quantum product contains the Ricci curvature of Γ\Gamma and a magneto-geodesic coupling tensor.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0505144,
  title  = {Cotangent bundle quantization: Entangling of metric and magnetic field},
  author = {M. V. Karasev and T. A. Osborn},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0505144},
  year   = {2009}
}

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Latex, 38 pages, 5 figures, minor corrections

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