Quasiclassical and quantum systems of angular momentum. III. Group algebra su(2), quantum angular momentum and quasiclassical asymptotic

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Authors V. Kovalchuk, Agnieszka Martens, Barbara Gołubowska, J. J. Sławianowski, Ewa Eliza Rożko

Publication date 1 December 2011

Published in Journal of Geometry and Symmetry in Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1008.3074

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics and their representations (81R05) Operator algebra methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81R15)

Abstract: This is the third part of our series "Quasiclassical and Quantum Systems of Angular Momentum". In two previous parts we have discussed the methods of group algebras in formulation of quantum mechanics and certain quasiclassical problems. Below we specify to the special case of the group $mSU(2)$ and its quotient $mSO(3,mathbbR)$, and discuss just our main subject in this series, i.e., angular momentum problems. To be more precise, this is the purely $mSU(2)$-treatment, so formally this might also apply to isospin. However. it is rather hard to imagine realistic quasiclassical isospin problems.

Review text

The paper constitutes the third and last part of previous work [\textit{J. J. Slawianowski}, et al. ``Quasiclassical and quantum systems of angular momentum. I. Group algebras as a framework for quantum-mechanical models with symmetries, J. Geom. Symmetry Phys. 21, 61--94 (2011; Zbl 1238.81133), ``Quasiclassical and quantum systems of angular momentum. Part II. Quantum Mechanics on Lie groups and methods of group algebras, J. Geom. Symmetry Phys. 22, 67--94 (2011; Zbl 1239.81048)]. Here, the authors focus on the physically relevant cases of \(SU(2)\) and \(SO(3)\), to which the formalism developed previously is applied. After reviewing the main properties and irreducible unitary representations of these groups, the quasiclassical limit is studied. The noteworthy fact about this is the variation of the limit transition considered: instead of taking the usual limit of the normalized Planck constant, the low quantum numbers on the \(SU(2)\)-group algebra are eliminated. This limit with respect to angular momenta leads to a Poisson system on the Lie coalgebra of \(SU(2)\). This allows to further derive, depending on the model under consideration, types of Hamiltonians possessing higher order multipole magnetic moments.

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