Gunturk, Kamil Serkan (2003-05). Covariant Weyl quantization, symbolic calculus, and the product formula. Doctoral Dissertation. Thesis uri icon

abstract

  • A covariant Wigner-Weyl quantization formalism on the manifold that uses pseudo-differential operators is proposed. The asymptotic product formula that leads to the symbol calculus in the presence of gauge and gravitational fields is presented. The new definition is used to get covariant differential operators from momentum polynomial symbols. A covariant Wigner function is defined and shown to give gauge-invariant results for the Landau problem. An example of the covariant Wigner function on the 2-sphere is also included.
  • A covariant Wigner-Weyl quantization formalism on the manifold that uses
    pseudo-differential operators is proposed. The asymptotic product formula that leads
    to the symbol calculus in the presence of gauge and gravitational fields is presented.
    The new definition is used to get covariant differential operators from momentum
    polynomial symbols. A covariant Wigner function is defined and shown to give
    gauge-invariant results for the Landau problem. An example of the covariant Wigner
    function on the 2-sphere is also included.

publication date

  • May 2003