Poisson Spaces with a Transition Probability

DOI10.1142/S0129055X97000038MaRDI QIDQ3127472zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Klaas Landsman

Publication date 20 July 1998

Published in Reviews in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9603005

zbMATH Keywords

transition probabilityPoisson spacespure state spaces of \(C^\ast\)-algebras

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General theory of (C^*)-algebras (46L05) Applications of functional analysis in quantum physics (46N50) Geometry and quantization, symplectic methods (81S10) Logical foundations of quantum mechanics; quantum logic (quantum-theoretic aspects) (81P10)

Abstract: The common structure of the space of pure states $P$ of a classical or a quantum mechanical system is that of a Poisson space with a transition probability. This is a topological space equipped with a Poisson structure, as well as with a function $p:PimesP->[0,1]$, with certain properties. The Poisson structure is connected with the transition probabilities through unitarity (in a specific formulation intrinsic to the given context). In classical mechanics, where $p(ho,sigma)=d{l}_{hosigma}$, unitarity poses no restriction on the Poisson structure. Quantum mechanics is characterized by a specific (complex Hilbert space) form of $p$, and by the property that the irreducible components of $P$ as a transition probability space coincide with the symplectic leaves of $P$ as a Poisson space. In conjunction, these stipulations determine the Poisson structure of quantum mechanics up to a multiplicative constant (identified with Planck's constant). Motivated by E.M. Alfsen, H. Hanche-Olsen and F.W. Shultz ({em Acta Math.} {�f 144} (1980) 267-305) and F.W. Shultz ({em Commun. Math. Phys.} {�f 82} (1982) 497-509), we give axioms guaranteeing that $P$ is the space of pure states of a unital $C^{\ast }$-algebra. We give an explicit construction of this algebra from $P$.

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