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Commutative Partial O*-Algebras
2002
This chapter is devoted to the integrability of commutative partial O*-algebras. Three notions of weak commutativity, commutativity and strong commutativity of an O*-vector space are defined and investigated. In Section 3.1, we analyze the relation between the integrability of weakly commutative O*-vector space M and the commutativity of the von Neumann algebra (M w ′ )′. In Section 3.2, we study the integrable extensions of partial O*-algebras. In Section 3.3, we describe another explicit example, namely, the partial O*-algebra M[S, T] generated by two weakly commuting symmetric operators S and T defined on a common dense domain in a Hilbert space. In particular, we investigate in detail t…
Applications in Mathematical Physics
2009
It turns out that pip-space methods have many applications in physics, although they are seldom mentioned as such. To draw on a literary analogy, like Moliere’s Monsieur Jourdain speaking in prose without knowing so, many authors have been using pip-space language without realizing it. In particular, chains or lattices of Hilbert spaces are quite common in many fields of mathematical physics. Some of these applications will be discussed at length in this chapter. To mention a few examples: quantum mechanics, in particular singular interactions (Section 7.1.3), scattering theory (Section 7.2), quantum field theory (Section 7.3), representations of Lie groups (Section 7.4), etc.
General Theory: Topological Aspects
2009
In Chapter 1, we have analyzed the structure of pip-spaces from the algebraic point of view only, (i.e., the compatibility relation). Here we will discuss primarily the topological structure given by the partial inner product itself. The aim is to tighten the definitions so as to eliminate as many pathologies as possible. The picture that emerges is reassuringly simple: Only two types of pip-spaces seem sufficiently regular to have any practical use, namely lattices of Hilbert spaces (LHS) or Banach spaces (LBS), that we have introduced briefly in the Introduction. Our standard reference on locally convex topological vector spaces (LCS) will be the textbook of Kothe [Kot69]. In addition, fo…
Dynamics of a harmonic oscillator coupled with a Glauber amplifier
2020
A system of a quantum harmonic oscillator bi-linearly coupled with a Glauber amplifier is analysed considering a time-dependent Hamiltonian model. The Hilbert space of this system may be exactly subdivided into invariant finite dimensional subspaces. Resorting to the Jordan-Schwinger map, the dynamical problem within each invariant subspace may be traced back to an effective SU(2) Hamiltonian model expressed in terms of spin variables only. This circumstance allows to analytically solve the dynamical problem and thus to study the exact dynamics of the oscillator-amplifier system under specific time-dependent scenarios. Peculiar physical effects are brought to light by comparing the dynamics…