Gauge equivalence among quantum nonlinear many body systems

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DOI10.1007/S10440-008-9213-7zbMATH Open1178.35350arXiv1103.0934OpenAlexW2077091653WikidataQ62596839 ScholiaQ62596839MaRDI QIDQ934833FDOQ934833


Authors: Antonio M. Scarfone Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 30 July 2008

Published in: Acta Applicandae Mathematicae (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Transformations performing on the dependent and/or the independent variables are an useful method used to classify PDE in class of equivalence. In this paper we consider a large class of U(1)-invariant nonlinear Schr"odinger equations containing complex nonlinearities. The U(1) symmetry implies the existence of a continuity equation for the particle density hoequiv|psi|2 where the current has, in general, a nonlinear structure. We introduce a nonlinear gauge transformation on the dependent variables ho and which changes the evolution equation in another one containing only a real nonlinearity and transforms the particle current in the standard bilinear form. We extend the method to U(1)-invariant coupled nonlinear Schr"odinger equations where the most general nonlinearity is taken into account through the sum of an Hermitian matrix and an anti-Hermitian matrix. By means of the nonlinear gauge transformation we change the nonlinear system in another one containing only a purely Hermitian nonlinearity. Finally, we consider nonlinear Schr"odinger equations minimally coupled with an Abelian gauge field whose dynamics is governed, in the most general fashion, through the Maxwell-Chern-Simons equation. It is shown that the nonlinear transformation we are introducing can be applied, in this case, separately to the gauge field or to the matter field with the same final result. In conclusion, some relevant examples are presented to show the applicability of the method.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1103.0934




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