Abstract
We consider the quantum mechanics of a particle on the coset superspace SU(2|1)/[U(1) × U(1)], which is a super-flag manifold with SU(2)/U(1) ≃ S2 ‘body’. By incorporating the Wess-Zumino terms associated with the U(1) × U(1) stability group, we obtain an exactly solvable super-generalization of the Landau model for a charged particle on the sphere. We solve this model using the factorization method. Remarkably, the physical Hilbert space is finite-dimensional because the number of admissible Landau levels is bounded by a combination of the U(1) charges. The level saturating the bound has a wavefunction in a shortened, degenerate, irrep of SU(2|1).
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | From Fields to Strings |
| Subtitle of host publication | Circumnavigating Theoretical Physics: Ian Kogan Memorial Collection |
| Publisher | World Scientific Publishing Co. |
| Pages | 2123-2146 |
| Number of pages | 24 |
| Volume | 1 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9789812775344 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9789812389558 |
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| State | Published - Jan 1 2005 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physics and Astronomy(all)