š¯’©-bein formalism for degenerate states in the parameter space of quantum geometry
Abstract
Recently, we introduced a geometric object analogous to an orthonormal frame in the Cartan formalism to study the parameter space of quantum systems; we called it š¯’©-bein, with š¯’© being the number of parameters that characterize the quantum system. Acting as the ``square root'' of the quantum geometric tensor (QGT), the š¯’©-bein allows us to define new tensors to improve our understanding of the structure beneath the parameter space of quantum mechanics. In this work, we extend this mathematical framework surrounding the š¯’©-bein to analyze the parameter space of quantum systems with degenerate spectra. As in the non-degenerate case, we define a non-Abelian two-state QGT to identify possible transitions between degenerate states after two consecutive parameter variations. Additionally, using the Wilczek-Zee connection, we introduce a torsion-like tensor as the covariant derivative of the š¯’©-bein. This torsion captures the noncommutativity of successive parameter variations and coincides with the antisymmetric part of the two-state QGT. We also present a geometrical formulation using differential forms and discuss the physical implications of the newly defined tensors. Furthermore, we construct several gauge-invariant observables from the š¯’©-bein and its derivatives to highlight the utility of the new tensors. Finally, to illustrate the convenience and applications of this formalism, we apply the theoretical framework to a system of coupled harmonic oscillators immersed in an electric field. The coupling between the oscillators results in a degenerate system. Thus, using the new formalism, we found correlations among the quantum states quantified by the new invariants.
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BibTeX
@misc{romero2026š¯’©bein,
title = {{$\mathcalN$-bein formalism for degenerate states in the parameter space of quantum geometry}},
author = {Jorge Romero and Carlos A Velasquez and J David Vergara},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2609.01752},
eprint = {2609.01752},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.01752},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - š¯’©-bein formalism for degenerate states in the parameter space of quantum geometry
AU - Jorge Romero
AU - Carlos A Velasquez
AU - J David Vergara
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/01
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2609.01752
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.01752
AB - Recently, we introduced a geometric object analogous to an orthonormal frame in the Cartan formalism to study the parameter space of quantum systems; we called it š¯’©-bein, with š¯’© being the number of parameters that characterize the quantum system. Acting as the ``square root'' of the quantum geometric tensor (QGT), the š¯’©-bein allows us to define new tensors to improve our understanding of the structure beneath the parameter space of quantum mechanics. In this work, we extend this mathematical framework surrounding the š¯’©-bein to analyze the parameter space of quantum systems with degenerate spectra. As in the non-degenerate case, we define a non-Abelian two-state QGT to identify possible transitions between degenerate states after two consecutive parameter variations. Additionally, using the Wilczek-Zee connection, we introduce a torsion-like tensor as the covariant derivative of the š¯’©-bein. This torsion captures the noncommutativity of successive parameter variations and coincides with the antisymmetric part of the two-state QGT. We also present a geometrical formulation using differential forms and discuss the physical implications of the newly defined tensors. Furthermore, we construct several gauge-invariant observables from the š¯’©-bein and its derivatives to highlight the utility of the new tensors. Finally, to illustrate the convenience and applications of this formalism, we apply the theoretical framework to a system of coupled harmonic oscillators immersed in an electric field. The coupling between the oscillators results in a degenerate system. Thus, using the new formalism, we found correlations among the quantum states quantified by the new invariants.
ER -