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Monopole harmonics on $\mathbb{CP}^{n-1}$

High Energy Physics - Theory 2023-11-15 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We find the spectra and eigenfunctions of both ordinary and supersymmetric quantum-mechanical models describing the motion of a charged particle over the CPn1\mathbb{CP}^{n-1} manifold in the presence of a background monopole-like gauge field. The states form degenerate SU(n)SU(n) multiplets and their wave functions acquire a very simple form being expressed via homogeneous coordinates. Their relationship to multidimensional orthogonal polynomials of a special kind is discussed. By the well-known isomorphism between the twisted Dolbeault and Dirac complexes, our construction also gives the eigenfunctions and eigenvalues of the Dirac operator on complex projective spaces in a monopole background.

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@article{arxiv.2302.11691,
  title  = {Monopole harmonics on $\mathbb{CP}^{n-1}$},
  author = {Dmitri Bykov and Andrei Smilga},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2302.11691},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

42 pages, 3 figures, v2: minor corrections, references added

R2 v1 2026-06-28T08:47:25.259Z