Geometry of degenerate quantum states, configurations of $m$-planes and invariants on complex Grassmannians (2404.03234v1)
Abstract: Understanding the geometric information contained in quantum states is valuable in various branches of physics, particularly in solid-state physics when Bloch states play a crucial role. While the Fubini-Study metric and Berry curvature form offer comprehensive descriptions of non-degenerate quantum states, a similar description for degenerate states did not exist. In this work, we fill this gap by showing how to reduce the geometry of degenerate states to the non-abelian (Wilczek-Zee) connection $A$ and a previously unexplored matrix-valued metric tensor $G$. Mathematically, this problem is equivalent to finding the $U(N)$ invariants of a configuration of subspaces in $\mathbb{C}n$. For two subspaces, the configuration was known to be described by a set of $m$ principal angles that generalize the notion of quantum distance. For more subspaces, we find $3 m2 - 3 m + 1$ additional independent invariants associated with each triple of subspaces. Some of them generalize the Berry-Pancharatnam phase, and some do not have analogues for 1-dimensional subspaces. We also develop a procedure for calculating these invariants as integrals of $A$ and $G$ over geodesics on the Grassmannain manifold. Finally, we briefly discuss possible application of these results to quantum state preparation and $PT$-symmetric band structures.
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