Quasi-free states on a class of algebras of multicomponent commutation relations

Abstract

Multicomponent commutations relations (MCRs) describe plektons, i.e. multicomponent quantum systems with a generalized statistics. In such systems, exchange of quasiparticles is governed by a unitary matrix [Formula: see text] that depends on the position of quasiparticles. For such an exchange to be possible, the matrix must satisfy several conditions, including the functional Yang–Baxter equation. The aim of the paper is to give an appropriate definition of a quasi-free state on an MCR algebra, and construct such states on a class of MCR algebras. We observe a significant difference between the classical setting for bosons and fermions and the setting of MCR algebras. We show that the developed theory is applicable to systems that contain quasiparticles of opposite type. An example of such a system is a two-component system in which two quasiparticles, under exchange, change their respective types to the opposite ones ([Formula: see text], [Formula: see text]). Fusion of quasiparticles means intuitively putting several quasiparticles in an infinitely small box and identifying the statistical behavior of the box. By carrying out fusion of an odd number of particles from the two-component system as described above, we obtain further examples of quantum systems to which the developed theory is applicable.