Momentum operators with a winding gauge potential

DOI10.14492/HOKMJ/1285766203MaRDI QIDQ1775396zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Tadahiro Miyao

Publication date 6 May 2005

Published in Hokkaido Mathematical Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.hokmj/1285766203

zbMATH Keywords

magnetic fieldsmomentum operatorsquantum mechanics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Linear symmetric and selfadjoint operators (unbounded) (47B25) Applications of operator theory in the physical sciences (47N50) Selfadjoint operator theory in quantum theory, including spectral analysis (81Q10) Commutation relations and statistics as related to quantum mechanics (general) (81S05)

Review text

In quantum mechanics -- in contrast to classical mechanics -- a charged particle feels the presence of a magnetic field localized in regions from which the particle is excluded (Aharonov-Bohm effect). Miyao considers \(N\) charged spinless particles moving in a plane assuming that each particle feels a magnetic field concentrated at the positions of all the other particles and perpendicular to the plane. As there are \(N\) different magnetic fields but no common field unless \(N=1\), the physical significance of the mathematical setup remains obscure. The corresponding (singular) vector potentials are called {winding gauge potentials} by Miyao. He shows selfadjointness, studies commutation relations and proves that the momentum operators commute iff the magnetic flux is quantized. Then the position and momentum operators satisfy the Weyl relations. The two-dimensionality allows to transform bosons into fermions and vice versa.

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