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Second-quantized total rotations and helicity counts

Statement

Assume the Axiom of Choice, ℏ>0, and the bosonic Fock space Fs(HTν) of Schwartz/distribution spaces and Hilbert Fock conventions. For R∈SO(3) define the Fock rotation by

Γ(U(R))=⨁n≥0U(R)⊗sn,

where the vacuum sector n=0 carries the identity. This is a strongly continuous unitary representation. For a unit axis a, its Stone generator JaF is self-adjoint on its exact Stone domain and on finite symmetric tensors with factors in D(Ja) acts as the sector sum

dΓ(Ja)=∑r=1nI⊗(r−1)⊗Ja⊗I⊗(n−r).

In this statement dΓ(Ja) denotes that Stone generator; the formula specifies its action on the stated finite-particle domain.

Let Dfin(D) be the vacuum plus the finite linear span of symmetrized elementary tensors whose one-particle factors lie in D. It is a dense invariant domain, and on it the Fock total generators satisfy [JiF,JjF]=iℏ∑kϵijkJkF.

For helicity σ∈{+1,−1}, define Nσ on the n-particle sector by

Nσ(n)=∑r=1nI⊗(r−1)⊗Pσ⊗I⊗(n−r)

and use its maximal direct-sum domain {Ψ=(Ψn):∑n∥Nσ(n)Ψn∥2<∞}. Define the helicity-number difference Dh=dΓ(h) as the self-adjoint sector multiplier with n-particle action ∑r=1nh(r) and exact domain

D(Dh)={Ψ=(Ψn):∑n≥1∥∑r=1nh(r)Ψn∥2<∞};

the vacuum term is zero. On finite-particle vectors Dh=N+−N−. With the natural-unit free radial phase

(Vtf)(k)=e−it∣k∣f(k),t∈R,

the Fock lift Γ(Vt) commutes with Dh, so the helicity-number difference is conserved by this free isotropic propagation. If f∈HTν is a normalized one-photon helicity-σ vector, meaning ∥f∥ν=1 and Pσf=f almost everywhere, then ⟨f,Sz′f⟩ν=ℏσ∫Mcos⁡θ(k) ∣f(k)∣2 dν(k),θ(k)=arccos⁡ ⁣(kz∣k∣)∈[0,π]. When ∣k∣ has inverse-length units, t has length units in this c=1 convention. These are mathematical consequences of the specified one-photon and Fock models, not claims about a measured field or apparatus.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: The Axiom of Choice; ℏ>0; the transverse one-photon Hilbert space with its rotation and helicity operators; and its bosonic Fock construction.

[A1]

Assume the Axiom of Choice. It supplies Countable Choice through [F1] and is the hypothesis of Stone's theorem used for the Fock rotation group. The Axiom of Choice

[F2]

Fs(H) is the square-summable direct sum of symmetric tensor sectors, the vacuum is C, and the finite-particle subspace Dfin is dense. The pairing is linear in its second variable. Schwartz/distribution spaces and Hilbert Fock conventions

[F3]

U(R) is a strongly continuous unitary representation on HTν, the domain D is dense, and each Ja is its self-adjoint Stone generator with convention U(Ra(t))=e−itJa/ℏ. On D its differential expression preserves smoothness, compact support away from k=0, and transversality. Transverse one-photon space and helicity projectors Transverse rotations preserve helicity and generate total angular momentum

[F4]

The Borel helicity decomposition is a unitary T:HTν⟶L2(M×{+1,−1},dν⊗#;C) under which h is multiplication by σ and Pσ is multiplication by 1{σ}. Measurable scalarization of the transverse helicity fibers

[F5]

For a sigma-finite measured space (X,A,μ) and finite-valued measurable ω:X→Rd, the Fock sector sum of the coordinate multipliers is self-adjoint on the exact square-integrability domain, and the joint Borel spectral measure supplies the corresponding phase groups and exact derivative domains. Second-quantized multipliers, joint spectral measure and exact domains

[F6]

Si′=Mℏnih and [Ji,Jj]=iℏ∑kϵijkJk on D are supplied by Projected photon spin and orbital operators and Projected angular parts are not two independent rotation algebras.

[F7]

A strongly continuous one-parameter unitary group has a unique self-adjoint Stone generator, with exact domain the norm-differentiability domain. Stone's theorem: unitary groups and self-adjoint generators

Proof

Given: [A1], [F1]–[F7], the one-particle space HTν, and ℏ>0.

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For R∈SO(3), U(R)⊗n commutes with the permutation action on HT⊗^n, so it preserves the symmetric sector and is unitary there; set its vacuum-sector value to 1. The tensor and direct-sum definitions in [F2] give Γ(U(R1))Γ(U(R2))=Γ(U(R1R2)). On an elementary tensor, the telescoping estimate ∥⨂rU(R)ψr−⨂rU(R0)ψr∥≤∑j∥U(R)ψj−U(R0)ψj∥∏r≠j∥ψr∥ shows strong continuity from that of U. Density extends it to each symmetric sector; finite-particle vectors are dense by [F2], and approximation by such vectors with unitarity extends continuity to the full Fock direct sum. For each axis, Stone's theorem [F7] supplies the unique self-adjoint generator JaF. For ψ1,…,ψn∈D(Ja), differentiating the finite tensor product at t=0 by the product rule gives the sum of the one-particle derivatives −iJaψr/ℏ; symmetrization commutes with the tensor action. Hence the Stone generator acts on these finite symmetric tensors by the displayed dΓ(Ja) sum.

1.2F2F3F4F5givenconstruct

Apply the unitary T of [F4] and its Fock lift Γ(T)=⨁n≥0T⊗sn. Each sector map is unitary because tensor powers preserve inner products and commute with permutations, so Γ(T) is unitary. Put X=M×{+1,−1} and ω(k,σ)=(∣k∣,1{σ=+1},1{σ=−1}). The measure ν⊗# is sigma-finite by the bundle definition in [F3], and ω is finite-valued and measurable. The three coordinates in [F5] therefore give the self-adjoint Fock multipliers H0=dΓ(∣k∣), N+, and N− on their exact domains; the third linear combination H(0,1,−1) is the self-adjoint sector multiplier ∑rσr=dΓ(h). On each finite-particle sector, 1{σ=+1}−1{σ=−1}=σ, so this operator agrees there with the difference N+−N−. Its full domain is the exact D(H(0,1,−1)) supplied by [F5], not an informal difference of unbounded operators.

2.1F2F3F6step 1.1givenalgebra

The space Dfin(D) is dense because D is dense in HTν by [F3], algebraic tensors are dense in each Hilbert tensor completion, and finite-particle truncations are dense in the direct sum by [F2]. It is invariant under the sector sums dΓ(Ji) because JiD⊆D by [F3]. On an elementary n-tensor, expanding each sector sum shows that terms acting on distinct tensor factors commute, while terms on the same factor give [Ji,Jj]; hence [dΓ(Ji),dΓ(Jj)]=∑r=1n[Ji,Jj](r)=iℏ∑kϵijkdΓ(Jk) on the symmetrized tensor core by [F6]. This is the asserted Fock total rotation algebra.

2.2F4F5step 1.2algebra

In the scalarized one-particle representation, Vt is multiplication by e−it∣k∣ on both helicity components, so its Fock lift is the phase group e−itH0 from [F5]. The joint spectral measure in [F5] makes this group commute with every Borel function of the helicity coordinates, in particular with H(0,1,−1)=dΓ(h); the joint multiplier also preserves its exact domain. Thus Γ(Vt)Dh=DhΓ(Vt) for every real t, proving the conservation statement.

3.1F4F6givenalgebra∎

If Pσf=f, then hf=σf by [F4]. By [F6], Sz′f(k)=ℏnz(k)h(n(k))f(k)=ℏσcos⁡θ(k)f(k). Taking the Hilbert pairing with f, using ∥f∥ν=1 and nz=kz/∣k∣=cos⁡θ, gives the displayed expectation identity. The multiplier is bounded, so the integral is finite.

Remarks

The photon angular-momentum literature uses different names for the helicity-projected vector ℏnh. This proposition fixes the operator convention and proves only its stated mathematical consequences. It does not quantize pointwise products of electromagnetic fields, prove normal ordering or renormalization statements, or identify a canonical field-theory split with a Poynting or kinetic integral.

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