The Quantum Darboux Theorem,

30 Dec 2020  ·  Olindo Corradini, Emanuele Latini, Andrew Waldron ·

The problem of computing quantum mechanical propagators can be recast as a computation of a Wilson line operator for parallel transport by a flat connection acting on a vector bundle of wavefunctions. In this picture the base manifold is an odd dimensional symplectic geometry, or quite generically a contact manifold that can be viewed as a "phase-spacetime", while the fibers are Hilbert spaces. This approach enjoys a "quantum Darboux theorem" that parallels the Darboux theorem on contact manifolds which turns local classical dynamics into straight lines. We detail how the quantum Darboux theorem works for anharmonic quantum potentials. In particular, we develop a novel diagrammatic approach for computing the asymptotics of a gauge transformation that locally makes complicated quantum dynamics trivial.

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High Energy Physics - Theory Mathematical Physics Dynamical Systems Mathematical Physics Symplectic Geometry Quantum Physics