Spectral stochastic processes arising in quantum mechanical models with a non-L^ 2 ground state

DOI10.1007/BF00761297zbMATH Open0831.60051arXivhep-th/9410083MaRDI QIDQ1900510FDOQ1900510

Authors: Jürgen Löffelholz, G. Morchio, Franco Strocchi 

Publication date: 25 January 1996

Published in: Letters in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A functional integral representation is given for a large class of quantum mechanical models with a non--L2 ground state. As a prototype the particle in a periodic potential is discussed: a unique ground state is shown to exist as a state on the Weyl algebra, and a functional measure (spectral stochastic process) is constructed on trajectories taking values in the spectrum of the maximal abelian subalgebra of the Weyl algebra isomorphic to the algebra of almost periodic functions. The thermodynamical limit of the finite volume functional integrals for such models is discussed, and the superselection sectors associated to an observable subalgebra of the Weyl algebra are described in terms of boundary conditions and/or topological terms in the finite volume measures.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9410083

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zbMATH Keywords

almost periodic functionsWeyl algebrathermodynamical limitfunctional integral representationsquantum mechanical models

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Generalized stochastic processes (60G20) Banach algebras of continuous functions, function algebras (46J10) Path integrals in quantum mechanics (81S40)

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