Strict deformation quantization of the state space of M_k(C) with applications to the Curie-Weiss model

, which is canonically a compact Poisson manifold (with stratified boundary). Our first result is the existence of a strict deformation quantization of

X_{k}

`{a} la Rieffel, defined by perfectly natural quantization maps

Q_{1 / N} : i l d e A_{0} i g h t a r r o w A_{1 / N}

(where

i l d e A_{0}

is an equally natural dense Poisson subalgebra of

A_{0}

). We apply this quantization formalism to the Curie--Weiss model (an exemplary quantum spin with long-range forces) in the parameter domain where its

m a t h b b Z_{2}

symmetry is spontaneously broken in the thermodynamic limit

N a w i n f t y

. If this limit is taken with respect to the macroscopic observables of the model (as opposed to the quasi-local observables), it yields a classical theory with phase space

X_{2} c o n g B^{3}

(i.e the unit three-ball in

R^{3}

). Our quantization map then enables us to take the classical limit of the sequence of (unique) algebraic vector states induced by the ground state eigenvectors

P s i_{N}^{(0)}

of this model as

N a w i n f t y

, in which the sequence converges to a probability measure

m u

on the associated classical phase space

X_{2}

. This measure is a symmetric convex sum of two Dirac measures related by the underlying

-symmetry of the model, and as such the classical limit exhibits spontaneous symmetry breaking, too. Our proof of convergence is heavily based on Perelomov-style coherent spin states and at some stage it relies on (quite strong) numerical evidence. Hence the proof is not completely analytic, but somewhat hybrid.

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