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An Operator-Algebraic Exposition of the Thirring-Wehrl Theory of the Quasi-Spin BCS Model

Jul 2026 · 0 citations
Physics Mathematics

Abstract

This expository review reformulates the BCS analyses of Haag, Emch--Guenin, and Thirring--Wehrl, together with subsequent operator-algebraic mean-field results of B\'ona, Raggio--Werner, and Bru--de Siqueira Pedra, in the language of quasi-local $C^{\ast}$-algebras and state decompositions. The quasi-spin model is realized on the UHF algebra of type $2^{\infty}$, with product sectors described by von Neumann's incomplete infinite tensor products. This framework distinguishes strong limits of intensive observables, domain-restricted limits of extensive observables, and sectorwise Bogoliubov--Haag limits, including their operator criterion, gap equation, and limiting dynamics. In the degenerate model, the ground-state and thermal gauge averages admit central direct-integral decompositions over the gauge circle, and the thermal decomposition converges to the ground-state decomposition at zero temperature. Adjoining the gauge phase as a central classical variable combines the phase-dependent Bogoliubov dynamics into one automorphism group on $C(\mathbb{S}^{1},\mathcal{A})$.

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