Gauge Symmetries in the Heisenberg Model of a Magnet
Séminaire lotharingien de combinatoire, Tome 26 (1991)
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A relation between geometric and gauge symmetries for the Heisenberg model of magnet is pointed out. The space of quantum states of the magnet exhibits the structure of a bundle, with the base consisting of nodes of the crystal, and the typical fiber spanned on the set of the single-node spin projections. The geometric symmetry group acts on the base, the gauge group - on the typical fiber, and all combined operations form the wreath product. In particular, all global gauge transformations yield the direct product group - a subgroup of the wreath product.
@article{SLC_1991_26_a5,
author = {T. Lulek and W. Florek},
title = {Gauge {Symmetries} in the {Heisenberg} {Model} of a {Magnet}},
journal = {S\'eminaire lotharingien de combinatoire},
publisher = {mathdoc},
volume = {26},
year = {1991},
url = {http://geodesic.mathdoc.fr/item/SLC_1991_26_a5/}
}
T. Lulek; W. Florek. Gauge Symmetries in the Heisenberg Model of a Magnet. Séminaire lotharingien de combinatoire, Tome 26 (1991). http://geodesic.mathdoc.fr/item/SLC_1991_26_a5/