English

Oxidation, Reduction and Semi-Classical Limit for Quantum Matrix Geometries

High Energy Physics - Theory 2024-03-15 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

Matrix configurations define noncommutative spaces endowed with extra structure including a generalized Laplace operator, and hence a metric structure. Made dynamical via matrix models, they describe rich physical systems including noncommutative gauge theory and emergent gravity. Refining the construction in [1], we construct a semi-classical limit through an immersed submanifold of complex projective space based on quasi-coherent states. We observe the phenomenon of oxidation, where the resulting semi-classical space acquires spurious extra dimensions. We propose to remove this artifact by passing to a leaf of a carefully chosen foliation, which allows to extract the geometrical content of the noncommutative spaces. This is demonstrated numerically via multiple examples.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.2306.10771,
  title  = {Oxidation, Reduction and Semi-Classical Limit for Quantum Matrix Geometries},
  author = {Laura O. Felder and Harold C. Steinacker},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2306.10771},
  year   = {2024}
}
R2 v1 2026-06-28T11:08:32.308Z