Cotangent bundle quantization: Entangling of metric and magnetic field
Abstract
For manifolds 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 and construct an irreducible representation of this algebra in . 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 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 . The quantization of -functions induces a family of symplectic reflections in and generates a magneto-geodesic connection on . This symplectic connection entangles, on the phase space level, the original affine structure on and the magnetic field. In the classical approximation, the -part of the quantum product contains the Ricci curvature of 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}
}
Comments
Latex, 38 pages, 5 figures, minor corrections