On self-adjoint extensions and symmetries in quantum mechanics

DOI10.1007/S00023-014-0379-4zbMATH Open1456.81179arXiv1402.5537OpenAlexW2041986890MaRDI QIDQ498601FDOQ498601

Authors: A. Ibort, Fernando Lledó, J. M. Pérez-Pardo 

Publication date: 29 September 2015

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

Abstract: Given a unitary representation of a Lie group $G$ on a Hilbert space $mathcalH$, we develop the theory of $G$-invariant self-adjoint extensions of symmetric operators both using von Neumann's theorem and the theory of quadratic forms. We also analyze the relation between the reduction theory of the unitary representation and the reduction of the $G$-invariant unbounded operator. We also prove a $G$-invariant version of the representation theorem for quadratic forms. The previous results are applied to the study of $G$-invariant self-adjoint extensions of the Laplace-Beltrami operator on a smooth Riemannian manifold with boundary on which the group $G$ acts. These extensions are labeled by admissible unitaries $U$ acting on the $L^2$-space at the boundary and having spectral gap at $-1$. It is shown that if the unitary representation $V$ of the symmetry group $G$ is traceable, then the self-adjoint extension of the Laplace-Beltrami operator determined by $U$ is $G$-invariant if $U$ and $V$ commute at the boundary. Various significant examples are discussed at the end.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1402.5537

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Unitary representations of locally compact groups (22D10) Applications of Lie groups to the sciences; explicit representations (22E70) Linear symmetric and selfadjoint operators (unbounded) (47B25) Selfadjoint operator theory in quantum theory, including spectral analysis (81Q10) Finite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics and their representations (81R05)

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