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Leonhard Euler (April 15,
1707 – September 7, 1783)
Group Representations for Physicists
Groups are central to Theoretical Physics, particularly for Quantum Mechanics,
from atomic to condensed-matter and to particle theory, not only as
mathematical aids to solve problems, but above all as conceptual tools. They
were introduced by Lagrange and Euler dealing with permutations , Ruffini,
Abel and Galois dealing with the theory of algebraic equations.
Évariste Galois (Bourg-la-Reine, 25 ottobre 1811 – Parigi, 31 maggio 1832)
Joseph-Louis Lagrange (Giuseppe Lodovico Lagrangia) (Torino, 25 gennaio 1736 – Parigi, 10 aprile 1813)
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Abstract Groups
A Group G is a set with an operation or multiplication between any two elements satisfying:
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1) G is closed, i.e. a G, b G ab G.
2) The product is associative : a(bc) = (ab)c.
3) e G ( identity): ea = ae = a, a G.
4) a G, a : a a =aa = e.
It is not necessary that G be commutative and generally ab ba.
Commutative Groups are called Abelian. Quantum Mechanical operators do
not generally commute, and we are mainly interested in non-Abelian Groups
Abstract: no matter what the elements are, we are interested in their operations
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i ij jj
ij
not Abelian, in general :
GL n General Linear Group in n dimensions
Matrix
.
GL(n) is the set of linear operations x' = a x ,
where A = {a } is such that Det
group
A
s
0.
Order of Group NG =number of elements.
Many Groups of interest have a finite order NG, like: point Groups like the Group
C3v of symmetry operations of an equilateral triangle, the Group S(N) of
permutations of N objects.
Important infinite order Groups may be discrete or continuous
(Lie Groups have tyhe structure of a differentiable manifold).
Integers with the + operation (Abelian), identity e=0
Real numbers with the + operation (Abelian), identity e=0
Real numbers excluding 0 with the * operation (Abelian), identity e=1
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SL(n)= Special Linear Group in n dimensions
Or Unimodular Group
i ij j ijSL(n)=the set of linear operations x' = a x ,where A = {a }
is nXn matrix such that DetA = 1.
n
j
Let A and B denote two Groups with all the elements different,
that is, a A a not in B (except the identity, of course).
We also assume that all the elements of A commute with those of B.
This
is what happens if the two Groups have nothing to do with each other,
for instance one could do permutations of 7 objects
and the other spin rotations. In such cases it is often useful to define
a d C = A×B, which is a Group whose
elements
irect prod
are ab =
uct
ba.
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Rotation Group O(n) of the Orthogonal transformations, or of the orthogonal matrices AT=A-1
abstract view: transformation and matrices are same Group
† 1Special Unitary Group SU(n): nxn Unitary matrices ( )
1 1with det(A)=1, like .
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A A
i
Space Group (Translations and rotations leaving a solid invariant,
not Abelian)
Translations of a Bravais lattice (Abelian)
Lorentz Group: transformations (x,y,z,t) (x’,y’,z’,t’) that preserve the interval.
Examples of infinite Groups of evident physical interest
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U(1) gauge group of electromagnetism,QED
SU(2) group of rotations of spin 1/2
U(1)xSU(2) gauge group of electro-weak theory (Salam)
SU(3) quantum chromodynamics, quarks
U(1)xSU(2)xSU(3) gauge group of the Standard Model
Groups of Particle Physics
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( ) 10 | | | |
L V
V
Unstable maximum of V at =0 with U(1) symmetry
Infinite minima at = 5 : symmetry is broken (changing the state changes)ie
Ferromagnetic materials:symmetry above Curie temperature broken below
Solids break the rotational symmetry of fundamental laws
Electroweak theory: Higgs field=order parameter breaks electroweak symmetry
at the electroweak temperature
Superconducting order parameter breaks U(1) as well
Convective cells in liquids…..
Spontaneous
Symmetry Breaking
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The operations of the 32 point Groups are rotations (proper and improper) and
reflections. In the Schönflies notation, which is frequently used
in molecular Physics, proper rotations by an angle 2π/ n are denoted Cn and
reflections by σ; improper rotations Sn are products of Cn and σ (S for Spiegel=mirror).
Point Symmetry in Molecules and Solids
Low symmetry: C1 has only E
example CFClBrI
http://www.chem.uiuc.edu/weborganic/chiral/mirror/flatFClBrI.htm
Cs has E sh O=N-Cl reflection in molecular plane is the only symmetry
The reflection plane is orthogonal or parallel to the rotation axis. The molecular axis
is one of those with highest n. A symmetry plane can be vertical (i.e. contain the
molecular axis) or horizontal (i.e. orthogonal to it), and the reflections are σv
or σh accordingly.
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High symmetry: Td tetrahedron CH4
Oh octahedron SF6
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Otherwise: choose axis of maximum order, say Cn; it will be the
vertical axis. If rotations are proper, and there are no C2 axes
orthogonal to molecular axis the Group is also Cn;
vertical reflections, horizontal reflections
Cn
Cn
sv
Cn
sh
Otherwise:
If it is improper the Group is Sn
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Cn becomes Cnh if there are horizontal
planes
CHBr CHBr is C2h
Cn becomes Cnv for vertical planes H2O is
C2v
If there are C2 axes orthogonal to molecular axis, Dn
C2
Dn
If there are horizontal planes, Dnh,
Benzene D6h
If there are vertical planes, Dnd,
Allene CH2 CH CH2 is D2D
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( )
( )v
h
linear
C vertical plane HCl
D horizontal plane CO
HCN (prussic acid)
Linear molecules
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Icosahedron Ih group
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C60
buckminsterfullerene
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Symmetry in quantum mechanics
Symmetry operators (space or spin rotations, reflections, ...)
are unitary they can be diagonalized
1 † is unitaryR R R
†, 1.R RG R RR
REQUIRES:
.a pi
aT e
.
†
a pi
a aT e T
Examples: TRANSLATIONS:
.Li
R e
.
†
Li
R e R
ROTATIONS:
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REFLECTIONS:
: , , , ,Z x y z x y zs †
1 0 0 1 0 0
: 0 1 0 0 1 0
0 0 1 0 0 1
Zs
ASSOCIATED MATRIX:
2† † * † † † * †
Indeed, , onsider eigenvalue equation
v v v v v v= v v 1
R G c
R R R R
One can writ it Ree , w hie
All eigenvalues of unitary matrices have modulus
unity
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* † 1
1-body or many-body eigenstate
,and the . .
but
i
i
i i
i
R e
R e
R R e c c is e
R R R e
0or
Different eigenvalues orthogonal eigenvectors
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Matrix Representation of symmetry operators
Evidently, D S S
Let { } orthonormal basis, S D S
Let , therefore .R G RS G
.RS R D S D R D S
Since , it must also be true that RSR SS D RG
D R D S D RS
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is represented by matrix
on (1-body or many-body) basis s
Symmetry means , 0
Symmetry Group mea
et .
Then , , 0 trivially implies :
ˆ , 0.
The matri
ns , , 0.
x
S D S S
S G S H
H H
S H SHS H S H
G S G S
S H
H
of H commutes with the matrices of the symmetries.
Let H = Quantum Hamiltonian to diagonalize:
If G is Abelian no need for Group theory: diagonalize all
S simultaneously, and get all symmetry labels.
Each set of labels is an independent subspace.
: crystal translationEx Grampl upe oT GG N
Using supercell of size N with pbc :
1 Abelian cyclic finite Group.
We can diagonalize all lattice translations at once :
the eigenvalue equation reads:
N
i T
i
T G
T
. .i iip t t
iT e e
it primitive translation vectors of Bravais lattice
unitary translation operators for 1-electron states
,ikx
k kx e u x ka
with (lattice periodic)k k iu x u x t
.i
i iT x x t e x
Solve by means of Bloch’s theorem:
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.G ensures lattice periodic plane wave: 1iG te t
By introducing a symmetry-related quantum number k and writing wave functions on a Bloch basis, we reduce to a much easier subproblem: to find
the cell periodic solutions of
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k k k
p kV x u x u x
m
( )pbc+uniqueness of wave 1.function iik N t
e
The solution is , whereNk G
iG.tG reciprocal lattice vector: e 1 for any lattice translation
i
i iT x x t e x .ikx
k kx e u x
This elementary example shows some features of the Group theory methods.