Quantization of Planck's constant

DOI10.4310/JSG.2016.V14.N2.A6MaRDI QIDQ326643zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Eli Hawkins

Publication date 12 October 2016

Published in The Journal of Symplectic Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1309.1068

zbMATH Keywords

Bohr-Sommerfeld conditionsgeometric quantizationPlanck's constantPoisson manifoldsstrict deformation quantizationsymplectic groupoids

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantizations, deformations for selfadjoint operator algebras (46L65) Poisson manifolds; Poisson groupoids and algebroids (53D17)

Abstract: This paper is about the role of Planck's constant, $hbar$, in the geometric quantization of Poisson manifolds using symplectic groupoids. In order to construct a strict deformation quantization of a given Poisson manifold, one can use all possible rescalings of the Poisson structure, which can be combined into a single "Heisenberg-Poisson" manifold. The new coordinate on this manifold is identified with $hbar$. I present an explicit construction for a symplectic groupoid integrating a Heisenberg-Poisson manifold and discuss its geometric quantization. I show that in cases where $hbar$ cannot take arbitrary values, this is enforced by Bohr-Sommerfeld conditions in geometric quantization. A Heisenberg-Poisson manifold is defined by linearly rescaling the Poisson structure, so I also discuss nonlinear variations and give an example of quantization of a nonintegrable Poisson manifold using a presymplectic groupoid. In appendices, I construct symplectic groupoids integrating a more general class of Heisenberg-Poisson manifolds constructed from Jacobi manifolds and discuss the parabolic tangent groupoid.

Review text

This paper studies the role of Planck's constant in the geometric quantization of Poisson manifolds using symplectic groupoids. First, the author recalls the relevant notions and results. Then he gives an explicit construction for a symplectic groupoid integrating a Heisenberg-Poisson manifold. Non-linear variations are also investigated. An example of quantization of a non-integrable Poisson manifold using a presymplectic groupoid is finally detailled. The author shows in appendices how to construct symplectic groupoids integrating some general class of Heisenberg-Poisson manifolds.

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