Nodal Quantum Numbers for Two-Electron States in Solids

The problem of construction and physical labelling of singlet and triplet zero total momentum two-electron states in solids is considered. It is shown that the wavefunctions belonging to repeating multi-dimensional irreducible representations can be labelled making use of theorem of induction transitivity. The intermediate group in this classification can be chosen depending on experimental nodal structure of superconducting order parameter. The application of the results to unconventional superconductors is discussed.     

Projective representations of the inhomogeneous Hamilton group: Noninertial symmetry in quantum mechanics

Symmetries in quantum mechanics are realized by the projective representations of the Lie group as physical states are defined only up to a phase. A cornerstone theorem shows that these representations are equivalent to the unitary representations of the central extension of the group. The formulation of the inertial states of special relativistic quantum mechanics as the projective representations of the inhomogeneous Lorentz group, and its nonrelativistic limit in terms of the Galilei group, are fundamental examples. Interestingly, neither of these symmetries include the Weyl–Heisenberg group; the hermitian representations of its algebra are the Heisenberg commutation relations that are a foundation of quantum mechanics. The Weyl–Heisenberg group is a one dimensional central extension of the abelian group and its unitary representations are therefore a particular projective representation of the abelian group of translations on phase space. A theorem involving the automorphism group shows that the maximal symmetry that leaves the Heisenberg commutation relations invariant is essentially a projective representation of the inhomogeneous symplectic group. In the nonrelativistic domain, we must also have invariance of Newtonian time. This reduces the symmetry group to the inhomogeneous Hamilton group that is a local noninertial symmetry of the Hamilton equations. The projective representations of these groups are calculated using the Mackey theorems for the general case of a nonabelian normal subgroup.     

Signature of symmetry of laterally coupled quantum dots in far-infrared spectrum

We study the effect of structure asymmetry on the energy spectrum and the far-infrared spectrum (FIR) of a lateral coupled quantum dot. The calculated spectrum shows that the parity break of coupled quantum dot results in more coherent superpositions in the low-lying states and exhibits unique anti-crossing in the two-electron FIR spectrum modulated by a magnetic field. We also find that the Coulomb correlation effect can make the FIR spectrum of coupled quantum dot without strict parity deviate greatly from Kohn theorem, which is just contrary to the symmetric case. Our results therefore suggest that FIR spectrum may be used to determine the symmetry of coupled quantum dot and to evaluate the degree of Coulomb interaction.     

There are no Goldstone bosons in two dimensions

In four dimensions, it is possible for a scalar field to have a vacuum expectation value that would be forbidden if the vacuum were invariant under some continuous transformation group, even though this group is a symmetry group in the sense that the associated local currents are conserved. This is the Goldstone phenomenon, and Goldstone's theorem states that this phenomenon is always accompanied by the appearance of massless scalar bosons. The purpose of this note is to show that in two dimensions the Goldstone phenomenon can not occur; Goldstone's theorem does not end with two alternatives (either manifest symmetry or Goldstone bosons) but with only one (manifest symmetry).Work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 30819X and Grant No. 30738X.     

Symmetry classification of states in high temperature superconductors

The symmetry classification of possible singlet and also triplet states in the case of the 2-dim square lattice, and 3-dim tetragonal and orthorhombic lattices is examined. If particle-hole symmetry is present then an additional symmetry classification is possible. However in the lower symmetry crystal structures that actually occur, no distinction on symmetry grounds can be drawn between usuals-wave, extendeds-wave and some of thed-wave states.     

Structure,Classification, and Conformal Symmetry,of Elementary Particles over Non-Archimedean Space–Time

It is known that no length or time measurements are possible in sub-Planckian regions of spacetime. The Volovich hypothesis postulates that the micro-geometry of spacetime may therefore be assumed to be non-archimedean. In this letter, the consequences of this hypothesis for the structure, classification, and conformal symmetry of elementary particles, when spacetime is a flat space over a non-archimedean field such as the p-adic numbers, is explored. Both the Poincaré and Galilean groups are treated. The results are based on a new variant of the Mackey machine for projective unitary representations of semidirect product groups which are locally compact and second countable. Conformal spacetime is constructed over p-adic fields and the impossibility of conformal symmetry of massive and eventually massive particles is proved.     

Singlet two-electron states in superconducting materials based on iron pnictides

Two-electron states with a zero pulse for the symmetry group of superconducting materials based on iron pnictides are considered. Cases are established for the introduction of one or two additional quantum numbers, notably, the internal quantum number, which characterizes single-electron states, or an additional quantum number, i.e. the irreducible representation index of the intermediate group. The octet structure of zeros observed in photoelectron spectra and the phase difference between the two-electron states on various Fermi surfaces are interpreted.     

SU(N) elastic rescattering in B and D decays

The treatment of elastic final-state interactions (FSIs) under a symmetry group is presented. The proposed model is based on Watson's theorem, i.e. on symmetry properties of the -matrix and on its unitarity. This theorem provides an easy way to introduce rescattering effects by defining final-state interactions mixing matrices. A symmetry group fixes the structure of such mixing matrices, and the passage from one group to another is studied (for example, SU(2) to SU(3)). Mixings among two charmless pseudoscalar decay product states will be systematically analyzed. Finally, these mixing matrices will be used on quark diagram parametrizations of B and D decay amplitudes. This will have some important consequences on the definition of quark diagrams. It will be argued that these diagrams should not contain any FSI effects, i.e. they should be real (except for CKM factors). FSIs are then introduced at the hadronic level, by mixing basic quark diagram topologies. Received: 17 December 1998 / Revised version: 17 February 1999 / Published online: 28 September 1999     

Unitary Representations of Super Lie Groups and Applications to the Classification and Multiplet Structure of Super Particles

It is well known that the category of super Lie groups (SLG) is equivalent to the category of super Harish-Chandra pairs (SHCP). Using this equivalence, we define the category of unitary representations (UR's) of a super Lie group. We give an extension of the classical inducing construction and Mackey imprimitivity theorem to this setting. We use our results to classify the irreducible unitary representations of semidirect products of super translation groups by classical Lie groups, in particular of the super Poincaré groups in arbitrary dimension and signature. Finally we compare our results with those in the physical literature on the structure and classification of super multiplets.     

A theorem on the particle number and density of states in the Kondo problem

A theorem is derived for the Kondo model describing the interaction of conduction electrons with a localized magnetic impurity. The theorem states that the model preserves exact particle-hole symmetry. This implies that for fixed chemical potential the average particle number is unchanged as compared to the noninteracting case independent of temperature and applied magnetic field. The consequences of the symmetry property for the one particle density of states are also investigated. Finally the theorem proves to be a useful tool to check current approximate theories of the Kondo effect on their validity.     

Projective unitary antiunitary representations of locally compact groups

We give here a systematic presentation of the theory of projective representations when antiunitary operators are present. In particular the imprimitivity theorem of Mackey is proved in this situation and all the unitary antiunitary representations of the extended Poincaré group are derived.     

Wigner-Eckart theorem in the inductive spaces

By use of the modified Wigner group projectors the reduced matrix element of Wigner-Eckart theorem is found to be an ordinary matrix element of the invariants built of the involved states and operator. This is used to derive the general form of Wigner-Eckart theorem for the inductive spaces and to propose a symmetry based procedure of the matrix elements calculations.     

Gruppentheoretische Untersuchungen zum Schalenmodell

In a previous paper a grouptheoretical scheme for the classification of wavefunctions has been developed from a consideration of the group of all transformations, which leave the nuclear hamiltonian invariant thereby taking into account also accidental degeneracies. This scheme is applied here to a translation-invariant hamiltonian with harmonic oscillator forces. The existence of a shell structure for the ground states is proved and the quantum numbers and symmetry properties of the wavefunctions of the ground states and of some excited states are derived. If translation-invariance is neglected, spurious states appear. It is shown how their quantum numbers and symmetry properties can be determined. Some remarks on a translation-invariant formulation of the Elliot-model conclude the paper.     

Projective Systems of Imprimitivity and Applications for the Galilei Group in 1+2 and 1+3 Dimensions

The study of the projective unitary irreducible representations of the Galilei group (in 1+3 and 1+2 dimensions) is usually done using firstly some group extensions techniques (in this way one is reduced to the study of true unitary representations) and then Mackey induction procedure. In this paper we reobtain these results using a different approach based on the notion of projective systems of imprimitivity due also to Mackey. This extension of the usual Mackey procedure is presented rather extensively and illustrated by detailed computations concerning the classification of the projective unitary irreducible representations.     

多基点同伦群理论

本文建立了一个定理:当拓扑空间V单连通时,N(≥1)基点n阶同伦类集合π_n(V;v₁,v₂,…,v_N)可被构造成同构于单基点n阶同伦群π_n(V)的群,叫做N基点n阶同伦群;并且V的单连通性一般是不可省略的条件。给出了一些推论。简要地触及了这个定理及其推论在铁磁状态拓扑分类中的应用问题。 关键词：     

Symmetry of quasicrystals

The definition of an aperiodic crystal (quasicrystal) as a solid that is characterized by the forbidden symmetry suggests the existence of an unsolved problem, because, in a mutually exclusive manner, it appeals to the fundamental theorem of classical crystallography. Using the Penrose tiling as an example, we have investigated the symmetry properties of aperiodic tilings for the purpose to establish the allowed symmetry groups of quasicrystals. The filling of the Euclidean space according to an aperiodic law is considered as the action of an infinite number of group elements on a fundamental domain in the non-Euclidean space. It is concluded that all locally equivalent tilings have a common “parent” structure and, consequently, the same symmetry group. An idealized object, namely, an infinitely refined tiling, is introduced. It is shown that the symmetry operations of this object are operations of the similarity (rotational homothety). A positive answer is given to the question about a possible composition of operations of the similarity with different singular points. It is demonstrated that the transformations of orientation-preserving aperiodic crystals are isomorphic to a discrete subgroup of the Möbius group PSL(2, ?); i.e., they can be realized as discrete subgroups of the full group of motions in the Lobachevsky space. The problem of classification of the allowed types of aperiodic tilings is reduced to the procedure of enumeration of the aforementioned discrete subgroups.     

均质并有对称面的刚体转动惯量的一个定理

提出并证明了一个关于刚体转动惯量的新定理.该定理指出具有对称面的均质刚体,当位于与对称面垂直的某个平面上的转轴满足特定条件时,转动惯量大小与位于该平面上的转轴方向无关.     

The evaluation of molecular electronic matrix elements using the symmetric group

The properties of the symmetric group are used to deduce matrix elements of one and two-electron operators between molecular states. It is shown that these techniques can be applied to any point group as long as no irreducible representation is more than doubly degenerate.     

On Quantum No-Broadcasting

We address the issue of one-side local broadcasting for correlations in a quantum bipartite state, and conjecture that the correlations can be broadcast if and only if they are classical–quantum, or equivalently, the quantum discord, as defined by Ollivier and Zurek (Phys Rev Lett 88:017901, 2002), vanishes. We prove this conjecture when the reduced state is maximally mixed and further provide various plausible arguments supporting this conjecture. Moreover, we demonstrate that the conjecture implies the following two elegant and fundamental no-broadcasting theorems: (1) The original no-broadcasting theorem by Barnum et al. (Phys Rev Lett 76:2818, 1996), which states that a family of quantum states can be broadcast if and only if the quantum states commute. (2) The no-local-broadcasting theorem for quantum correlations by Piani et al. (Phys Rev Lett 100:090502, 2008), which states that the correlations in a single bipartite state can be locally broadcast if and only if they are classical. The results provide an informational interpretation for classical–quantum states from an operational perspective and shed new lights on the intrinsic relation between non-commutativity and quantumness.