From lattice gauge theories to hydrogen atoms

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2015.07.050zbMATH Open1364.81265arXiv1410.3318OpenAlexW2123481038MaRDI QIDQ2396531FDOQ2396531

Authors: Manu Mathur, T. P. Sreeraj 

Publication date: 8 June 2017

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

Abstract: We construct canonical transformations to obtain a complete and most economical realization of the physical Hilbert space ${calH}^p$ of pure $SU(2{)}_{2+1}$ lattice gauge theory in terms of Wigner coupled Hilbert spaces of hydrogen atoms. One hydrogen atom is assigned to every plaquette of the lattice. A complete orthonormal description of the Wilson loop basis in ${calH}^p$ is obtained by all possible angular momentum Wigner couplings of hydrogen atom energy eigenstates $vertnlmangle$ describing electric fluxes on the loops. The SU(2) gauge invariance implies that the total angular momenta of all hydrogen atoms vanish. The canonical transformations also enable us to rewrite the Kogut-Susskind Hamiltonian in terms of fundamental Wilson loop operators and their conjugate electric fields. The resulting loop Hamiltonian has a global SU(2) invariance and a simple weak coupling ($g^{2}ightarrow0$) continuum limit. The canonical transformations leading to the loop Hamiltonian are valid for any SU(N). The ideas and techniques can also be extended to higher dimension.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1410.3318

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Phase-space methods including Wigner distributions, etc. applied to problems in quantum mechanics (81S30) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Atomic physics (81V45) Quantum field theory on lattices (81T25)

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