On the Group Theory of 2-Dimensional Noncommutative Quantum Mechanics

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Malaysian Journal of Mathematical Sciences 8(S): 1 14 (2014) Special Issue: The 6th Asia-Pacific Conference and Workhop in Quantum Information Science 2012 (APCWQIS2012) MALAYSIAN JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES Journal homepage: http://einspem.upm.edu.my/journal On the Group Theory of 2-Dimensional Noncommutative Quantum Mechanics S. Twareque Ali 1 and S. Hasibul Hassan Chowdhury 1 1 Department of Mathematics and Statistics Concordia University, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3G 1M8 E-mail: twareque.ali@concordia.ca Corresponding author ABSTRACT We examine here, in some detail, the symmetry groups of a non-relativistic quantum system of 2 spatial degrees of freedom. It is argued that the (2+1) centrally extended ilei group G ext can be considered as one of the underlying symmetry groups from the algebraic point of view. Later, the phase space variables of a particle moving on a 2 dimensional plane are quantized using the coherent states arising from the unitary dual of G ext. The resulting quantized variables are found to satisfy the set of commutation relations which are postulated in the existing literatures of noncommutative quantum mechanics. We also consider a further extension resulting in the noncommutativity between the underlying momentum coordinates and explore how this is connected to the triple central extension of the abelian group of translations in R 4 and its unitary irreducible representations. 1. Introduction In this paper, we focus on the quantum mechanical features of a nonrelativistic system of 2 degrees of freedom at very short distances. The failure of standard quantum mechanics at such distances has been extensively discussed in the current literature (see, for example, Delduc et al. (2008) and

S. Twareque Ali S. Hasibul Hassan Chowdhury Scholtz et al. (2009)). It has been argued that at distances as small as the Planck length, the position observables along different coordinate axes fail to commute. This is in addition to the canonical commutation relations (CCR) of standard quantum mechanics, so that one writes [Q i, P j ] = i δ ij I, i, j = 1, 2, [Q 1, Q 2 ] = iϑi, (1) Here Q i and P j are the position and momentum coordinates, respectively. I is the identity operator on the underlying Hilbert space and ϑ is a small positive parameter that controls the additional noncommutativity between the position coordinates. In the limit ϑ = 0, Q i and P j behave as the usual quantum mechanical position and momentum operators. Now one could have also started with the following set of noncanonical commutation relations [Q i, P j ] = i δ ij I, i, j = 1, 2, [Q i, Q j ] = iϑɛ ij I, [P i, P j ] = iγɛ ij I, i, j = 1, 2, where ɛ ij is the totally antisymmetric tensor and γ being yet another positive parameter. Physically, γ insinuates the presence of a constant magnetic field in the system. The organization of the paper is as follows. First we ask if Q i and P j appearing in (1) and (2) really represent the generators of some Lie group. If so, then what are the possible symmetry groups of NCQM? Then we extract the relevant coherent states from the appropriate unitary irreducible representations of the underlying group and subsequently carry out coherent state quantization of the phase space variables of the system moving in a 2 dimensional plane. The quantized variables are found to satisfy the above set of commutation relations. 2. The role of (2+1) ilei group in NCQM of 2-plane The (2+1) ilei group G is a 6 parameter Lie group. It is the kinematical group of a classical, non-relativistic space-time of (2+1) dimension. The group parameters are the time translations b, space translations a, rotations R of the two-dimensional space and velocity boosts v. The action of G on a (2+1) space-time point (x, t) is given by x x = Rx + a + vt, t t = t + b, (2) 2 Malaysian Journal of Mathematical Sciences

On the Group Theory of 2-Dimensional Noncommutative Quantum Mechanics with the group composition law (R, b, v, a)(r, b, v, a ) = (RR, b + b, v + Rv, a + Ra + vb ). (3) The Lie algebra G of G has a 3 dimensional vector space of central extensions. The extended Lie algebra now reads (see, for example, Bose (1995a) and Bose (1995b)) [M, N i ] = ɛ ij N j [H, P i ] = 0 [M, P i ] = ɛ ij P j [M, H] = h [N i, N j ] = ɛ ij d [P i, P j ] = 0 [N i, P j ] = δ ij m [N i, H] = P i, (4) where we denote the three generators of the center as h, d and m. Also, P i, N i, M and H generate the space translations, boosts along the two spatial directions, angular momentum and time translation, respectively. Since G is not simply connected, not all three central extensions survive their passage from the algebra to the group level (see Bose (1995a)). The second cohomology group for G turns out simply to be 2 dimensional with h being identically zero in (4). Let us denote this double central extension of the (2+1)-ilei group as G ext and the corresponding Lie algebra as G ext. We denote a generic group element of G ext as (θ, φ, R, b, v, a) = (θ, φ, r), where r stands for an element of G. The meanings of R, b, v and a have already been put forth earlier in this section and the two additional group parameters introduce the 2 fold central extension carried out. The two cocycles pertaining to the central extension read off as ξ 1 m(r; r ) = e im 2 (a Rv v Ra +b v Rv ), ξ 2 λ(r; r ) = e iλ 2 (v Rv ), where q p = q 1 p 2 q 2 p 1, (5) where we have adopted the vector notation given by q = (q 1, q 2 ), p = (p 1, p 2 ). The group composition rule for G ext then reads (θ, φ, R, b, v, a)(θ, φ, R, b, v, a ) = (θ + θ + ξ 1 m(r; r ), φ + φ + ξ 2 λ(r; r ), RR, b + b, v + Rv, a + Ra + vb ). (6) The unitary irreducible representations of G ext, realized on L 2 (R 2, dk), are all characterized by an ordered pair (m, ϑ) of reals and s that is measured in half integral multiples of. Physically, m represents the mass of the nonrelativistic system under study and ϑ is some other exotic parameter, the physical Malaysian Journal of Mathematical Sciences 3

S. Twareque Ali S. Hasibul Hassan Chowdhury significance of which will follow in due course. The parameter ϑ, making its appearance in (1) and (2), is actually expressible in terms of the mass m and λ given by (5). We shall consider only the case m 0 and λ 0 in this paper. The quantity s is to be interpreted as the eigenvalue of the intrinsic angular momentum operator S. The relevant unitary irreducible representations are all computed in (Bose (1995b) ). In view of the above mentioned facts, the basis of the Lie algebra G ext can be represented as appropriate self-adjoint operators on L 2 (R 2, dk), obeying the following set of commutation rules. [ ˆM, ˆN i ] = iɛ ij ˆNj [ ˆM, ˆP i ] = iɛ ij ˆPj [Ĥ, ˆP i ] = 0 [ ˆM, Ĥ] = 0 [ ˆN i, ˆN j ] = iɛ ij λî [ ˆP i, ˆP j ] = 0 [ ˆN i, ˆP j ] = iδ ij mî [ ˆN i, Ĥ] = i ˆP i. (7) The self-adjoint operators ˆN i, ˆM, ˆPi and Ĥ represent the group generators N i, M, P i and H, respectively. It is noteworthy in this context that both the central generators d and m of G ext are represented by the identity operator Î of the underlying Hilbert space L 2 (R 2, dk). Consider now the 2-dimensional nononcommutative Weyl-Heisenberg group, of which the group generators Q i, P j, and I are subject to the commutation relations (1). The associated Lie algebra is also referred to as the noncommutative two-oscillator algebra. The generators have the following coordinate space representation on L 2 (R 2, dx). Q 1 = x + iϑ 2 y P 1 = i x Q 2 = y iϑ 2 x P 2 = i y. (8) The free Hamiltonian and angular momentum operators are then: H = 2 2m 2 = 2 2m ( 2 x 2 + 2 y 2 ), ( M = i x x y ). x (9) At this point, we define Ñi = m Q i, i = 1, 2, the resulting set of seven operators on L 2 (R 2, dx) are easily found to satisfy the following set of commutation 4 Malaysian Journal of Mathematical Sciences

On the Group Theory of 2-Dimensional Noncommutative Quantum Mechanics relations: [ M, Ñi] = i ɛ ij Ñ j [ M, P i ] = i ɛ ij Pj [ H, P i ] = 0 [ M, H] = 0 [Ñi, Ñj] = iɛ ij m 2 ϑĩ [ P i, P j ] = 0 [Ñi, P j ] = i δ ij mĩ [Ñi, H] = i P i, (10) Now, if we choose = 1 and ϑ = λ m 2 in (10), we recover the same set of commutation relations as enumerated in (7). It is in this sense that the centrally extended (2+1) ilei group can be considered as the symmetry group of noncommutative quantum mechanics, which is governed by the commutation relations (1). A few remarks are in order. If we denote by ˆq i and ˆp i, the standard quantum mechanical position and momentum operators, respectively, in a 2-plane, then the passage between the standard quantum mechanics and its noncommutative counterpart is demonstrated by the following linear, invertible and non-canonical transformations: Q 1 = ˆq 1 ϑ 2 ˆp 2, Q 2 = ˆq 2 + ϑ 2 ˆp 1. (11) Since, in (11), we obtain Q i = Q i ϑ = 0, the noncommutativity between the spatial degrees of freedom gets lost when the small parameter ϑ is turned off. However, by looking at equation (11), one captures the view of noncommutative quantum mechanics at the representation level only. The two distinct central generators of G ext are both mapped to the identity operator of L 2 (R 2, dx). That being stated, the noncommutativity between the position coordinates seems to have been achieved by just taking a suitable linear combination of the standard quantum mechanical position and momentum operators and then declaring the newly obtained operators as their noncommutative counterparts! This is, indeed, true. But not the whole truth. The Lie group governing the symmetry of the noncommutative quantum mechanics in the 2-plane has been shown to be the centrally extended (2+1)-ilei group unlike the 2-dimensional Weyl- Heisenberg group as in the case of standard quantum mechanics. Malaysian Journal of Mathematical Sciences 5

S. Twareque Ali S. Hasibul Hassan Chowdhury 3. Coherent state Quantization related to a system with 2-spatial degrees of freedom In this section, we first write down the unitary irreducible representations of G ext. Then we compute the relevant coherent states arising from those UIRs and finally quantize the relevant phase space variables. 3.1 UIRs of G ext The unitary irreducible representations Ûm,λ of G ext for nonzero values of both m and λ are computed in (Bose (1995b)). They are as follows (Ûm,λ(θ, φ, R, b, v, a) ˆf)(k) = e i(θ+φ) e i[a (k 1 2 mv)+ b 2m k k+ λ 2m v k] s(r) ˆf(R 1 (k mv)), (12) with ˆf L 2 (ˆR 2, dk). The UIRs, given by (12), are momentum space representations. The corresponding configuration space representations follow from the following Lemma. in the (two- Lemma 3.1. The unitary irreducible representations of G ext dimensional) configuration space are given by (U m,λ (θ, φ, R, b, v, a)f)(x) = e i(θ+φ) e im(x+ 1 2 a) v e i b 2m 2 s(r)f ( (R 1 x + a λ )) 2m Jv, (13) where 2 = 2 x 2 + 2, J is the 2 2 skew-symmetric matrix, J = y2 and f L 2 (R 2, dx). ( ) 0 1, 1 0 3.2 Coherent states of G ext It is evident from (13) that U m,λ is not square integrable, meaning that there exists no vector η L 2 (R 2, dx) such that η, U m,λ (g)η is finite in L 2 -norm for all g G ext. Note that H := Θ Φ SO(2) T, having a generic element (θ, φ, R, b), is an abelian subgroup of G ext. It immediately follows that the left coset space X = G ext /H is homeomorphic to R 4 in view of the group law (6). Writing q for a and replacing v by p := mv, the homogenous space X gets identified 6 Malaysian Journal of Mathematical Sciences

On the Group Theory of 2-Dimensional Noncommutative Quantum Mechanics with the phase space of system of mass m moving in a two dimensional plane. We denote an element of X with (q, p). X carries an invariant measure dq dp in R 4 under the natural action of G ext on itself. Let us now consider the following section β : X G ext, β(q, p) = (0, 0, I 2, 0, p, q). (14) m Now let χ L 2 (R 2, dx) is a fixed vector. At a later stage, we need to put some symmetry condition on it, but we leave it arbitrary at the moment. For each point (q, p) X, we define the vector χ q,p L 2 (R 2, dx) in the following way: Then using (13) and (14), one gets χ q,p = U m,λ (β(q, p))χ. (15) χ q,p (x) = e i(x+ 1 2 q) p χ ( x + q λ ) 2m 2 Jp. (16) At this point, we have the following lemma which we state without the proof. Lemma 3.2. For all f, g L 2 (R 2 ), the vectors χ q,p satisfy the square integrability condition R 2 R 2 f χ q,p χ q,p g dq dp = (2π) 2 χ 2 f g. (17) One can also show that the operator integral T = χ q,p χ q,p dq dp, R 2 R 2 converges weakly to T = 2π χ 2 I. Let us now define the vectors η = 1 2π χ χ, and η q,p = U(β(q, p))η, (q, p) X. (18) The above set up, therefore, leads us to the following theorem. Theorem 3.1. The representation U m,λ in (13), of the extended ilei group G ext, is square integrable mod (β, H) and the vectors η q,p in (18) form a set of coherent states defined on the homogeneous space X = G ext /H, satisfying the resolution of the identity η q,p η q,p dq dp = I, (19) R 2 R 2 on L 2 (R 2, dx). Malaysian Journal of Mathematical Sciences 7

S. Twareque Ali S. Hasibul Hassan Chowdhury Note that ( η q,p (x) = e i(x+ 1 2 q) p η x + q λ ) 2m 2 Jp. (20) We shall refer to the vectors η q,p L 2 (R 2, dx) in (20), for all (q, p) X as the coherent states of Noncommutative quantum mechanics. It follows from λ (20) that in the limit m 0, one recovers the canonical coherent states of 2 standard quantum mechanics, if η is chosen to be a gaussian wave function. Since this also corresponds to setting λ = 0, it is consistent with constructing the coherent states of the (2+1)-ilei group with one central extension (using only the first of the two cocycles in (5), with mass parameter m). We want to emphasize again that the coherent states (20) are rooted in the underlying symmetry group of noncommutative quantum mechanics. 3.3 Noncommutative plane arising from coherent state quantization of the underlying phase space variables The identification of the homogenous space X = G ext /H with the underlying phase space has been mentioned on several occasions in the preceding sections. We are now all set to carry out a coherent state quantization of functions on this phase space using the general technique outlined in Ali and Engliš (2005). It will turn out that such a quantization of the phase space variables of position and momentum will lead precisely to the operators (8). On that note, the quantized version Ôf of a sufficiently well behaved function f(q, p) defined on the underlying phase space reads (see, for example, Ali and Engliš (2005)) Ô f = f(q, p) η q,p η q,p dq dp (21) R 2 R 2 provided this operator is well-defined (again the integral being weakly defined). The operators Ôf act on a g L 2 (R 2, dx) in the following manner [ ] (Ôf g)(x) = f(q, p)η q,p (x) η q,p (x )g(x )dx dq dp. (22) R 2 R 2 R 2 If we now take the phase space functions to be the respective position and momentum coordinates, viz. q i and p i, i = 1, 2, then the resulting quantized operators Ôq i and Ôp i can immediately be read off from the following theorem Chowdhury and Ali (2013): 8 Malaysian Journal of Mathematical Sciences

On the Group Theory of 2-Dimensional Noncommutative Quantum Mechanics Theorem 3.2. Let η be a smooth function which satisfies the rotational invariance condition, η(x) = η( x ), for all x R 2. Then, the operators Ô qi, Ôp i, i = 1, 2, obtained by a quantization of the phase space functions q i, p i, i = 1, 2, using the coherent states (18) of the (2+1)-centrally extended ilei group, G ext, are given by ( (Ôq 1 g)(x) = x 1 + iλ ) ( 2m 2 g(x) (Ôq x 2 g)(x) = x 2 iλ ) 2 2m 2 g(x) x 1 (Ôp 1 g)(x) = i x 1 g(x) for g L 2 (R 2, dx), in the domain of these operators. (Ôp 2 g)(x) = i x 2 g(x), (23) In (23) if we make the substitution ϑ = λ, we get the operators (8) and the m2 commutation relations of non-commutative quantum mechanics (with = 1): [Ôq 1, Ôq 2 ] = iϑi, [Ôq i, Ôp j ] = iδ ij I, [Ôp i, Ôp j ] = 0. (24) It is noteworthy in this context that the first commutation relation, between Ô q1 and Ôq 2 in (24) above, also implies that the two dimensional plane R 2 becomes noncommutative as a result of quantization. 4. Double and triple central extensions in R 4 and noncommutative quantum mechanics If we take the abelian group of translations G T in R 4 and centrally extend it using inequivalent local exponents (see, for example, Bargmann (1954) for definitions and preliminaries), the resulting central extensions play pivotal roles in noncommutative quantum mechanics as we shall try to discuss briefly in this section. Let us denote by (q, p) as a generic element of G T composition rule given by that obeys the group (q, p)(q, p ) = (q + q, p + p ), q, p R 2. (25) At the level of the Lie algebra, all the generators commute with each other. In order to arrive at quantum mechanics out of this abelian Lie group, and to go further to obtain noncommutative quantum mechanics, we need to centrally extend this group of translations by some other abelian group, say by R. Malaysian Journal of Mathematical Sciences 9

S. Twareque Ali S. Hasibul Hassan Chowdhury A double central extension of G T will reproduce the noncommutative commutation relations (1), while a triple central extension of the underlying abelian group will lead the extended group generators to satisfy the commutation relations enumerated in (2). The relevant central extensions of G T are executed using inequivalent local exponents that are enumerated in the following theorem: Theorem 4.1. The three real valued functions ξ, ξ and ξ on G T G T given by ξ((q 1, q 2, p 1, p 2 ), (q 1, q 2, p 1, p 2)) = 1 2 [q 1p 1 + q 2 p 2 p 1 q 1 p 2 q 2], (26) ξ ((q 1, q 2, p 1, p 2 ), (q 1, q 2, p 1, p 2)) = 1 2 [p 1p 2 p 2 p 1], (27) ξ ((q 1, q 2, p 1, p 2 ), (q 1, q 2, p 1, p 2)) = 1 2 [q 1q 2 q 2 q 1], (28) are inequivalent local exponents for the group, G T, of translations in R 4. The group composition rule for the extended group G T reads (θ, φ, q, p)(θ, φ, q, p ) = (θ + θ + α 2 [ q, p p, q ], φ + φ + β 2 [p p ], q + q, p + p ),(29) where q = (q 1, q 2 ) and p = (p 1, p 2 ). Also,.,. and are defined as q, p := q 1 p 1 + q 2 p 2 and q p := q 1 p 2 q 2 p 1 respectively. A group element of the centrally extended group G T, where the extension is achieved by means of ξ and ξ, has the matrix representation by the following 7 7 matrix 1 0 α 2 p 1 α 2 p α 2 2 q α 1 2 q 2 θ 0 1 0 0 β 2 p β 2 2 p 1 φ 0 0 1 0 0 0 q 1 (θ, φ, q, p) α,β = 0 0 0 1 0 0 q 2. (30) 0 0 0 0 1 0 p 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Let us denote the generators of the Lie group G T, or equivalently the basis of the associated Lie algebra, G T by Θ, Φ, Q 1, Q 2, P 1 and P 2. They are found to 10 Malaysian Journal of Mathematical Sciences

On the Group Theory of 2-Dimensional Noncommutative Quantum Mechanics satisfy the following set of commutation relations [P i, Q j ] = αδ i,j Θ, [Q 1, Q 2 ] = βφ, [P 1, P 2 ] = 0, [P i, Θ] = 0, [Q i, Θ] = 0, [P i, Φ] = 0, [Q i, Φ] = 0, [Θ, Φ] = 0, i, j = 1, 2. (31) It is easily seen from (31) that Θ and Φ form the center of the algebra G T. Also, unlike in standard quantum mechanics, the two generators of space translation, Q 1, Q 2, no longer commute, the noncommutativity of these two generators being controlled by the central extension parameter β. It is in this context reasonable to call the Lie group G T the noncommutative Weyl- Heisenberg group and the corresponding Lie algebra the noncommutative Weyl- Heisenberg algebra. The Lie group G T is nilpotent as can be easily seen from its matrix representation (30). Hence, the powerful method of orbits (see Kirillov (2004)) can be applied to classify all its unitary irreducible representations. A unitary irreducible representation of G T is supplied by the following theorem: Theorem 4.2. The noncommutative Weyl-Heisenberg group G T admits a unitary irreducible representation realized on L 2 (R 2, ds) by the operators U(θ, φ, q, p): (U(θ, φ, q, p)f)(s) = exp i (θ + φ α q, s + 12 p β2 ) p s f(s + p), (32) where f L 2 (R 2, ds). In order to execute a triple central extension of G T, we make use of all three inequivalent local exponents ξ, ξ, and ξ enumerated in theorem 4.1. The group composition rule for the centrally extended group G T then reads (θ, φ, ψ, q, p)(θ, φ, ψ, q, p ) = (θ + θ + α 2 [ q, p p, q ], φ + φ + β 2 [p p ], ψ + ψ + γ 2 [q q ], q + q, p + p ). (33) The relevant matrix representation of G T is given by the following 8 8 upper Malaysian Journal of Mathematical Sciences 11

S. Twareque Ali S. Hasibul Hassan Chowdhury triangular matrix 1 0 0 α 2 p 1 α 2 p α 2 2 q α 1 2 q 2 θ 0 1 0 0 0 β 2 p β 2 2 p 1 φ 0 0 1 γ 2 q γ 2 2 q 1 0 0 ψ (θ, φ, ψ, q, p) α,β,γ = 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 q 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 q 2. (34) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Unlike the double extension scenario, we have three central generators for the triply extended group G T. The additional central generator Ψ is responsible for the noncommutativity in the momentum coordinates. Commutation relations between the respective generators now read [P i, Q j ] = αδ i,j Θ, [Q 1, Q 2 ] = βφ, [P 1, P 2 ] = γψ, [P i, Θ] = 0, [Q i, Θ] = 0, [P i, Φ] = 0, [Q i, Φ] = 0, [P i, Ψ] = 0, [Q i, Ψ] = 0, [Θ, Φ] = 0, [Φ, Ψ] = 0, [Θ, Ψ] = 0, i, j = 1, 2. (35) A unitary irreducible representation of G T is supplied by the following theorem: Theorem 4.3. The triply extended group of translations G T admits a unitary irreducible representation realized on L 2 (R 2 ). The explicit form of the representation is given by (U(θ, φ, ψ, q 1, q 2, p 1, p 2 )f)(r 1, s 2 ) where f L 2 (R 2, dr 1 ds 2 ). = e i(θ αq2s2+αp1r1+ α 2 q1p1 α 2 q2p2) e i(φ βp1s2 β 2 p1p2) e i(ψ+γq2r1+ γ 2 q2q1) f(r 1 + q 1, s 2 + p 2 ), (36) 5. Conclusion and future perspective In this paper, we have derived the commutation relations of noncommutative quantum mechanics (NCQM) by different means. We first discussed the role of the centrally extended (2+1)-ilei group G ext as a symmetry group of NCQM from an algebraic point of view. Later we obtained a family of noncanonical coherent states from the UIRs of G ext and called them the coherent 12 Malaysian Journal of Mathematical Sciences

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