Inequivalent representations of commutator or anticommutator rings of field operators and their applications

DOI10.1007/S10773-006-9117-0zbMATH Open1128.82026arXivquant-ph/0602043OpenAlexW3103632461MaRDI QIDQ880965FDOQ880965

Authors: N. E. Zubov 

Publication date: 21 May 2007

Published in: International Journal of Theoretical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Hamiltonian of a system in quantum field theory can give rise to infinitely many partition functions which correspond to infinitely many inequivalent representations of the canonical commutator or anticommutator rings of field operators. This implies that the system can theoretically exist in infinitely many Gibbs states. The system resides in the Gibbs state which corresponds to its minimal Helmholtz free energy at a given range of the thermodynamic variables. Individual inequivalent representations are associated with different thermodynamic phases of the system. The BCS Hamiltonian of superconductivity is chosen to be an explicit example for the demonstration of the important role of inequivalent representations in practical applications. Its analysis from the inequivalent representations' point of view has led to a recognition of a novel type of the superconducting phase transition.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0602043

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zbMATH Keywords

superconductivitythermodynamic propertiesinequivalent representationsBardeen-Cooper-Schieffer (BCS) modelUemura plot

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Axiomatic quantum field theory; operator algebras (81T05) Statistical mechanics of superconductors (82D55)

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• Theory of Superconductivity
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