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Bloch waves and non-commutative tori of magnetic translations

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We review the Landau problem of an electron in a constant uniform magnetic field. The magnetic translations are the invariant transformations of the free Hamiltonian. A Kähler polarization of the… Click to show full abstract

We review the Landau problem of an electron in a constant uniform magnetic field. The magnetic translations are the invariant transformations of the free Hamiltonian. A Kähler polarization of the plane has been used for the geometric quantization. Under the assumption of quasi-periodicity of the wavefunction the magnetic translations in the Bravais lattice generate a non-commutative quantum torus. We concentrate on the case when the magnetic flux density is a rational number. The Bloch wavefunctions form a finite-dimensional module of the noncommutative torus of magnetic translations as well as of its commutant which is the non-commutative torus of magnetic translation in the dual Bravais lattice. The bi-module structure of the Bloch waves is shown to be the connecting link between two Morita equivalent non-commutative tori. E.mail:[email protected] E.mail:[email protected]

Keywords: waves non; tori magnetic; bloch waves; commutative tori; magnetic translations; non commutative

Journal Title: Journal of Mathematical Physics
Year Published: 2021

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