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arXiv:2610.37493

Recovering classical gauge geometry from quantum master constraints

Alejandro Corichi

quant-phgr-qcmath-phSubmitted Oct 27, 2026• Announced Oct 28, 2026
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Exact normalizable solutions of quantum constraints form a symplectic submanifold of the space of rays, whereas classical first-class constraints define a surface on which the symplectic form is degenerate. We ask how the degenerate directions can be recovered when quantum theory is regarded as fundamental and the constraints are imposed through a single positive master operator. For a nonnegative master function whose zero set is a Morse--Bott critical manifold, the image of the linearized Hamiltonian vector field is the symplectic orthogonal of the zero set, and coisotropy is equivalent to this linearization having square zero. The image is fixed by the zero set, but the theorem identifies it with the response of the master dynamics, which makes it accessible to quantum states. Three realizations follow. The exact quantum physical space is the opposite, rotational case of the same dichotomy. For quadratic masters, the bottom of the spectrum is $(\hbar/2)\Tr_+L$, so first-class zero sets carry no offset of order $\hbar$; within the harmonic approximation this explains the $\hbar$ versus $\hbar^2$ offsets observed in tests of the master-constraint programme. Finally, the second time derivative of the limiting covariance of a semiclassical packet, which can be determined by bounded probes, has the gauge distribution as its image. Two oscillators at fixed total energy give exact master evolution, an exact realization of this covariance shear, and the reduced symplectic limit. For the non-Abelian SL(2,$\R$) model we compute the coherent and Weyl master symbols, prove essential self-adjointness and a finite-time propagation estimate, and derive the spectral bottom $\hbar^2/2$.

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The paper asks how unreduced classical gauge directions can emerge from a positive quantum master constraint, although normalizable physical rays form a symplectic space and the classical master flow vanishes on its constraint surface. For a nonnegative classical master function $m$ with a Morse–Bott zero set $\Sigma$, it proves that the linearized Hamiltonian field $L=dX_m$ satisfies $\ker L=T\Sigma$ and $\operatorname{Im}L=(T\Sigma)^\omega$. Coisotropy is equivalent to $L^2=0$, giving a tangent-flow shear $1+tL$ whose image is the gauge distribution. The proof combines the transverse Hessian with symplectic linear algebra. For a gapped quantum master operator, the normal response at physical rays is instead rotational, with $(L^Q)^2=-\widehat M^2/\hbar^2$. For nonnegative quadratic Weyl symbols, a symplectic normal form gives $\inf\operatorname{spec}\widehat M=(\hbar/2)\sum_j\mu_j$, where $\pm i\mu_j$ are the nonzero eigenvalues of $L$; this vanishes exactly in the coisotropic case. Semiclassical Gaussian transport yields $\ddot V=2LV_0L^{\mathsf T}$, whose image recovers the gauge directions through bounded fluctuation-scale probes. Two fixed-energy oscillators provide exact evolution and covariance formulas, with $O(\hbar)$ covariance error relative to the shear limit. An SL$(2,\mathbb R)$ model supplies coherent and Weyl symbols, essential self-adjointness, spectral bottom $\hbar^2/2$, and a finite-time Gaussian norm error bounded by $C_{K,T}\sqrt\hbar$. The reconstruction is local and assumes regular Morse–Bott geometry. It neither selects physical quantum sectors nor fixes preferred generators or global gauge structure. General Morse–Bott spectral asymptotics and extension to continuum gravity remain unproved.

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Symplectic quantization is a functional approach to quantum field theory that allows sampling of quantum fluctuations directly in Minkowski space time by means of a generalized Hamiltonian dynamics in an extra time variable τ\tauτ which, at large times, samples a microcanonical ensemble. In a previous work we showed that, for an interacting scalar theory in 1+11+11+1 dimensions, this framework captures genuine real time features that are inaccessible to Euclidean simulations. That original formulation, however, suffers from two structural limitations, an ill defined non interacting limit and the lack of a direct correspondence between its correlation functions and those generated by the Feynman path integral. To solve these problems we introduced constrained symplectic quantization, a holomorphic reformulation in which fields and action are analytically continued from R\mathbb{R}R to C\mathbb{C}C and constraints are imposed on the intrinsic time Hamiltonian flow. The constraints select stable deterministic trajectories already for the free theory and they define convergent holomorphic integration cycles for the corresponding microcanonical measure. In the continuum limit we establish exact equivalence with the Feynman path integral at the level of the generating functional, thus providing a direct link between intrinsic time correlators and real time Green functions. In this contribution, we apply the method to the quantum harmonic oscillator on a real-time 111-dimensional lattice. Testing various observables, we find agreement between numerical and exact results for one- and two-point functions, and we reconstruct characteristic real-time features such as an oscillatory propagator, the discrete energy-gap spectrum, and the evolution of eigenstate probability densities. These tests provide numerical evidence that constrained symplectic quantization can sample real-time quantum observables and offers a practical route beyond Euclidean-time importance sampling.
Symplectic quantization is a functional approach to quantum field theory that allows sampling of quantum fluctuations directly in Minkowski space time by means of a generalized Hamiltonian dynamics in an extra time variable τττ which, at large times, samples a microcanonical ensemble. In a previous work we showed that, for an interacting scalar theory in 1+1 dimensions, this framework captures genuine real time features that are inaccessible to Euclidean simulations. That original formulation suffers from two structural limitations, an ill defined non interacting limit and the lack of a direct correspondence between its correlation functions and those generated by the Feynman path integral. To solve these problems we introduced constrained symplectic quantization, a holomorphic reformulation in which fields and action are analytically continued and constraints are imposed on the intrinsic time Hamiltonian flow. The constraints select stable deterministic trajectories and they define convergent holomorphic integration cycles for the corresponding microcanonical measure. In the continuum limit we establish exact equivalence with the Feynman path integral at the level of the generating functional, thus providing a direct link between intrinsic time correlators and real time Green functions. In this contribution, we apply the method to the quantum harmonic oscillator on a real-time 1-dimensional lattice. Testing various observables, we find agreement between numerical and exact results for one- and two-point functions, and we reconstruct characteristic real-time features such as an oscillatory propagator, the discrete energy-gap spectrum, and the evolution of eigenstate probability densities. These tests provide numerical evidence that constrained symplectic quantization can sample real-time quantum observables and offers a practical route beyond Euclidean-time importance sampling.
This study develops a rigorous symplectic spectral framework for analyzing the relationship between the covariance matrix and an invertible antisymmetric commutator form in finite-dimensional quantum systems. The earlier positive-eigenvalue interpretation based directly on is replaced by the Hermitian operator H(\Sigma,\Omega) = i\Sigma^{1/2}\Omega^{-1}\Sigma^{1/2}. It is shown that the spectrum of this operator is real, symmetric about zero, and composed of pairs , where the positive quantities are the symplectic eigenvalues of relative to . The study defines the Özbil symplectic gap as g_{\mathrm{Ö}}(\Sigma,\Omega) = \min_j \nu_j, and proves that under the strict Robertson–Schrödinger condition, \Sigma+\frac{i}{2}\Omega>0 \quad\Longrightarrow\quad g_{\mathrm{Ö}}(\Sigma,\Omega)>\frac12. The paper also establishes the invariance of this quantity under simultaneous coordinate transformations, determinant and trace identities, continuity in the operator norm, and local Lipschitz stability on uniformly positive classes of covariance matrices. The scope of the result is stated explicitly. The derived quantity is not a Hamiltonian energy gap, a construction of a continuum quantum field theory, or a proof of the Yang–Mills mass gap. Instead, the work introduces a rigorous finite-dimensional geometric invariant for covariance–commutator pairs and outlines a research programme for extending the framework to finite-volume lattice systems, constructive renormalization-group analysis, and infinite-dimensional operator settings.