Universal covering group of U(n) and projective representations

DOI10.1023/A:1003694206391MaRDI QIDQ1586381zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Marcelo Aguilar, M. Socolovsky

Publication date 19 February 2001

Published in International Journal of Theoretical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/9911028

zbMATH Keywords

fiber bundle theorytopological groupsunitary representationuniversal covering group

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of Lie groups to the sciences; explicit representations (22E70) Finite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics and their representations (81R05)

Abstract: Using fibre bundle theory we construct the universal covering group of U(n), $ildeU(n)$, and show that $ildeU(n)$ is isomorphic to the semidirect product $$ R. We give a bijection between the set of projective representations of U(n) and the set of equivalence classes of certain unitary representations of $$ R. Applying Bargmann's theorem, we give explicit expressions for the liftings of projective representations of U(n) to unitary representations of $$ R. For completeness, we discuss the topological and group theoretical relations between U(n), SU(n), U(1) and Z_n.

Review text

This paper has mainly didactical character as it presents known results (Fulton and Harris) in a version based on fiber bundle theory. The explicit expressions given for the liftings of projective representations of \(U(n)\) to a unitary representation of the semidirect product \(SU(n) \circledS {\mathfrak R}\), where \({\mathfrak R}\) is the universal covering group of the circle, based on Bargman's theorem is a simple exercise, otherwise a correct one. The examples given at the end of the paper are following the same trend of halfevidence.

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