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Geometric quantization on homogeneous spaces and the meaning of "inequivalent" quantizations

M.A. Robson, Cambridge Univ. (United Kingdom). Dept. of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics

Published Jan 1, 1994• 3 citations
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Abstract

Consideration of the geometric quantization of the phase space of a particle in an external Yang-Mills field allows the results of the Mackey-Isham quantization procedure for homogeneous configuration spaces to be reinterpreted. In particular, a clear physical interpretation of the `inequivalent' quantizations occurring in that procedure is given.

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Consideration of the geometric quantization of the phase space of a particle in an external Yang-Mills field allows the results of the Mackey-Isham quantization procedure for homogeneous configuration spaces to be reinterpreted. In particular, a clear physical interpretation of the `inequivalent' quantizations occurring in that procedure is given.
The natural role played by coherent states in the geometric quantization program is brought out by studying the mathematical equivalence between two physical interpretations that have recently been proposed for this program. These interpretations are based, respectively, on the modular algebra structure of prequantization, and the reproducing kernel structure of phase space quantization. The arguments are presented in this paper for the particular case where the phase space of the system considered is the cotangent bundle T*M of a homogeneous manifold M, and for didactic reasons, the latter is taken to be a real vector space.
An Introduction to the geometric quantization procedure which is the attempt at finding a procedure that maps classical observables to quantum observables.\n\nFrom this idea, we made a more mathematical approach to some very interesting physics.\nWe derived a mapping and while analysing it. It becomes clear that more conditions have to be imposed for this to produce physically correct answers. \nFrom geometric quantization, we produced the canonical quantization and the operator form of the Hamiltonian of the harmonic oscillator.\nAlong the way, we also found some physical consequences of the math.