The classical limit of Schrödinger operators in the framework of Berezin quantization and spontaneous symmetry breaking as an emergent phenomenon

DOI10.1142/S0219887822500037arXiv2103.11914MaRDI QIDQ6187544FDOQ6187544

Authors: Valter Moretti, Christiaan J. F. van de Ven 

Publication date: 31 January 2024

Published in: International Journal of Geometric Methods in Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The algebraic properties of a strict deformation quantization are analysed on the classical phase space $$. The corresponding quantization maps enable us to take the limit for $hbaro0$ of a suitable sequence of algebraic vector states induced by $hbar$-dependent eigenvectors of several quantum models, in which the sequence converges to a probability measure on $$, defining a classical algebraic state. The observables are here represented in terms of a Berezin quantization map which associates classical observables (functions on the phase space) to quantum observables (elements of $C^{\ast }$ algebras) parametrized by $hbar$. The existence of this classical limit is in particular proved for ground states of a wide class of Schr"{o}dinger operators, where the classical limiting state is obtained in terms of a Haar integral. The support of the classical state (a probability measure on the phase space) is included in certain orbits in $$ depending on the symmetry of the potential. In addition, since this $C^{\ast }$-algebraic approach allows for both quantum and classical theories, it is highly suitable to study the theoretical concept of spontaneous symmetry breaking (SSB) as an emergent phenomenon when passing from the quantum realm to the classical world by switching off $hbar$. To this end, a detailed mathematical description is outlined and it is shown how this algebraic approach sheds new light on spontaneous symmetry breaking in several physical models.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2103.11914

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zbMATH Keywords

classical limitdeformation quantizationspontaneous symmetry breakingalgebraic quantum theorySchrödinger operators

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantizations, deformations for selfadjoint operator algebras (46L65) Deformation quantization, star products (53D55) Symmetry breaking in quantum theory (81R40) Geometry and quantization, symplectic methods (81S10) Quantum theory (81-XX)

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