Perturbations of unitary representations of finite dimensional Lie groups |
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Authors: | S Wickramasekara |
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Institution: | Department of Physics, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA 50112, USA Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA |
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Abstract: | In quantum physical theories, interactions in a system of particles are commonly understood as perturbations to certain observables, including the Hamiltonian, of the corresponding interaction-free system. The manner in which observables undergo perturbations is subject to constraints imposed by the overall symmetries that the interacting system is expected to obey. Primary among these are the spacetime symmetries encoded by the unitary representations of the Galilei group and Poincaré group for the non-relativistic and relativistic systems, respectively. In this light, interactions can be more generally viewed as perturbations to unitary representations of connected Lie groups, including the non-compact groups of spacetime symmetry transformations. In this paper, we present a simple systematic procedure for introducing perturbations to (infinite dimensional) unitary representations of finite dimensional connected Lie groups. We discuss applications to relativistic and non-relativistic particle systems. |
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Keywords: | Operator Lie algebras Particle interactions |
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