Asymptotes in SU(2) recoupling theory: Wigner matrices, 3j symbols, and character localization

DOI10.1007/S00023-010-0072-1MaRDI QIDQ2431065zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Joseph Ben Geloun, R. Gurau

Publication date 8 April 2011

Published in Annales Henri Poincaré (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1009.5632

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: In this paper we employ a novel technique combining the Euler Maclaurin formula with the saddle point approximation method to obtain the asymptotic behavior (in the limit of large representation index $J$) of generic Wigner matrix elements $D_{M{M}^{\prime }}^J(g)$. We use this result to derive asymptotic formulae for the character $ch{i}^J(g)$ of an SU(2) group element and for Wigner's $3j$ symbol. Surprisingly, given that we perform five successive layers of approximations, the asymptotic formula we obtain for $ch{i}^J(g)$ is in fact exact. This result provides a non trivial example of a Duistermaat-Heckman like localization property for discrete sums.

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