Published September 19, 2003
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Journal article
Solution of the Schroedinger equation of the complex manifold CPn
Creators
- 1. Centre for Mathematical Sciences, DAMTP, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge CB3 0WA, UK (United Kingdom)
Description
Passing from the CPn = SU(n + 1)/U(n) Lagrangian in Kaehler form, to the Hamiltonian in terms of polar coordinates, this paper describes the solutions of the CPn Schroedinger equation, whose energy eigenspaces carry the irreducible representations (λ, 0n-2, λ), λ = 0, 1, 2, ..., of SU(n + 1) in highest weight notation. A full account is given of the U(n) structure of these eigenspaces, and of how this emerges within our solution of the Schroedinger equation by separation of variables. Explicit solutions of the radial equation, which give rise to the derivation of spectrum and energy eigenspace details, are presented for λ = 1, 2, and related to Jacobi polynomials
Availability note (English)
Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0305-4470/36/9689/a33707.pdf or at the Web site for the Journal of Physics. A, Mathematical and General (ISSN 1361-6447) http://www.iop.org/Additional details
Identifiers
- URL
- http://stacks.iop.org/0305-4470/36/9689/a33707.pdf; http://www.iop.org/;
- DOI
- 10.1088/0305-4470/36/37/307;
- PII
- S0305-4470(03)63709-1;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of Physics. A, Mathematical and General
- Journal Volume
- 36
- Journal Issue
- 37
- Journal Page Range
- p. 9689-9699
- ISSN
- 0305-4470
- CODEN
- JPHAC5
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 35000238
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ANALYTICAL SOLUTION; COMPLEX MANIFOLDS; EIGENFUNCTIONS; HAMILTONIANS; JACOBIAN FUNCTION; LAGRANGIAN FIELD THEORY; SCHROEDINGER EQUATION; SU GROUPS; U GROUPS
- Descriptors DEC
- DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EQUATIONS; FIELD THEORIES; FUNCTIONS; LIE GROUPS; MATHEMATICAL MANIFOLDS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; QUANTUM OPERATORS; SYMMETRY GROUPS; WAVE EQUATIONS