Quasiclassical and quantum systems of angular momentum. I. Group algebras as a framework for quantum-mechanical models with symmetries

zbMATH Open1238.81133arXiv1007.4121MaRDI QIDQ652131FDOQ652131

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

Publication date: 19 December 2011

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

Abstract: We use the mathematical structure of group algebras and $H^{+}$-algebras for describing certain problems concerning the quantum dynamics of systems of angular momenta, including also the spin systems. The underlying groups are $mSU(2)$ and its quotient $mSO(3,mathbbR)$. The scheme developed is applied in two different contexts. Firstly, the purely group-algebraic framework is applied to the system of angular momenta of arbitrary origin, e.g., orbital angular momenta of electrons and nucleons, systems of quantized angular momenta of rotating extended objects like molecules. The other promising area of applications is Schr"odinger quantum mechanics of rigid body with its often rather unexpected and very interesting features. Even within this Schr"odinger framework the algebras of operators related to group algebras are a very useful tool. We investigate some problems of composed systems and the quasiclassical limit obtained as the asymptotics of "large" quantum numbers, i.e., "quickly oscillating" functions on groups. They are related in an interesting way to geometry of the coadjoint orbits of $mSU(2)$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1007.4121

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of Lie groups to the sciences; explicit representations (22E70) Finite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics and their representations (81R05) Operator algebra methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81R15)

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