Eur. Phys. J. C 21, 587-595 (2001)
DOI: 10.1007/s100520100713
Quantum mechanics on Riemannian manifold in Schwinger's quantization approach II
N.M. Chepilko1 and A.V. Romanenko21 Physics Institute of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Kyiv-03 028, Ukraine
2 Kyiv Taras Shevchenko University, Department of Physics, Kyiv-03 022, Ukraine
(Received: 27 June 2000 / Revised version: 10 May 2001 / Published online: 19 July 2001 -© Springer-Verlag / Società Italiana di Fisica 2001 )
Abstract
The extended Schwinger quantization procedure is used for
constructing quantum mechanics on a manifold with a group
structure. The considered manifold M is a homogeneous Riemannian
space with the given action of an isometry transformation group.
Using the identification of M with the quotient space G/H,
where H is the isotropy group of an arbitrary fixed point of
M, we show that quantum mechanics on G/H possesses a gauge
structure, described by a gauge potential that is the connection
1-form of the principal fiber bundle G(G/H, H). The coordinate
representation of quantum mechanics and the procedure for
selecting the physical sector of the states are developed.
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