Propagators associated to periodic Hamiltonians: an example of the Aharonov-Bohm Hamiltonian with two vortices

arXiv0802.0755MaRDI QIDQ6208316FDOQ6208316

Publication date: 6 February 2008

Abstract: We consider an invariant quantum Hamiltonian

H = - D e l t a_{L B} + V

in the

L^{2}

space based on a Riemannian manifold

i l d e M

with a discrete symmetry group

G a m m a

. Typically,

i l d e M

is the universal covering space of a multiply connected manifold

M

and

G a m m a

is the fundamental group of

M

. To any unitary representation

L a m b d a

of

G a m m a

one can relate another operator on

M = i l d e M / G a m m a

, called

H_{L} a m b d a

, which formally corresponds to the same differential operator as

H

but which is determined by quasi-periodic boundary conditions. We give a brief review of the Bloch decomposition of

H

and of a formula relating the propagators associated to the Hamiltonians

H_{L} a m b d a

and

H

. Then we concentrate on the example of the Aharonov-Bohm effect with two vortices. We explain in detail the construction of the propagator in this case and indicate all essential intermediate steps.

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