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Quantization of Planck's Constant

Symplectic Geometry 2016-06-22 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP Quantum Algebra

Abstract

This paper is about the role of Planck's constant, \hbar, in the geometric quantization of Poisson manifolds using symplectic groupoids. In order to construct a strict deformation quantization of a given Poisson manifold, one can use all possible rescalings of the Poisson structure, which can be combined into a single "Heisenberg-Poisson" manifold. The new coordinate on this manifold is identified with \hbar. I present an explicit construction for a symplectic groupoid integrating a Heisenberg-Poisson manifold and discuss its geometric quantization. I show that in cases where \hbar cannot take arbitrary values, this is enforced by Bohr-Sommerfeld conditions in geometric quantization. A Heisenberg-Poisson manifold is defined by linearly rescaling the Poisson structure, so I also discuss nonlinear variations and give an example of quantization of a nonintegrable Poisson manifold using a presymplectic groupoid. In appendices, I construct symplectic groupoids integrating a more general class of Heisenberg-Poisson manifolds constructed from Jacobi manifolds and discuss the parabolic tangent groupoid.

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@article{arxiv.1309.1068,
  title  = {Quantization of Planck's Constant},
  author = {Eli Hawkins},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1309.1068},
  year   = {2016}
}

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54 pages, 2 figures

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