Quantification of symmetry

DOI10.1088/0253-6102/65/4/423zbMATH Open1337.81077arXiv1601.03571OpenAlexW2235057330MaRDI QIDQ2811092FDOQ2811092

Authors: Yi-Nan Fang, Duan-Lu Zhou, Chang-Pu Sun, Guo-Hui Dong 

Publication date: 8 June 2016

Published in: Communications in Theoretical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Symmetry is conventionally described in a contrariety manner that the system is either completely symmetric or completely asymmetric. Using group theoretical approach to overcome this dichotomous problem, we introduce the degree of symmetry (DoS) as a non-negative continuous number ranging from zero to unity. DoS is defined through an average of the fidelity deviations of Hamiltonian or quantum state over its transformation group G, and thus is computable by making use of the completeness relations of the irreducible representations of G. The monotonicity of DoS can effectively probe the extended group for accidental degeneracy while its multi-valued natures characterize some (spontaneous) symmetry breaking.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1601.03571

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zbMATH Keywords

dualitygroup theorysymmetry breakingdegree of symmetry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics and their representations (81R05) Symmetry breaking in quantum theory (81R40)

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