The Universal Covering Group of U(n) and Projective Representations

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1999-11-23

arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/9911028v1

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Mathematical Physics

18 pages, Plain TeX

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Using fibre bundle theory we construct the universal covering group of U(n), $\tilde{U}(n)$, and show that $\tilde{U}(n)$ is isomorphic to the semidirect product $SU(n)\bigcirc {\scriptstyle s}$ R. We give a bijection between the set of projective representations of U(n) and the set of equivalence classes of certain unitary representations of $SU(n)\bigcirc {\scriptstyle s}$ R. Applying Bargmann's theorem, we give explicit expressions for the liftings of projective representations of U(n) to unitary representations of $SU(n)\bigcirc {\scriptstyle s}$ R. For completeness, we discuss the topological and group theoretical relations between U(n), SU(n), U(1) and Z_n.

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