Rotational Symmetry and Gauge Invariant Degeneracies on 2D Noncommutative Plane

Abstract

We obtain the gauge invariant energy eigenvalues and degeneracies together with rotationally symmetric wavefunctions of a particle moving on 2D noncommutative plane subjected to homogeneous magnetic field $B$ and harmonic potential. This has been done by using the phase space coordinates transformation based on 2-parameter family of unitarily equivalent irreducible representations of the nilpotent Lie group $G_{NC}$. We find that the energy levels and states of the system are unique and hence, same goes to the degeneracies as well since they are heavily reliant on the applied $B$ and the noncommutativity $\theta $ of coordinates. Without $B$, we essentially have a noncommutative planar harmonic oscillator under generalized Bopp shift or Seiberg-Witten map. The degenerate energy levels can always be found if $\theta$ is proportional to the ratio between $\hbar$ and $m\omega$. For the scale $B\theta = \hbar$, the spectrum of energy is isomorphic to Landau problem in symmetric gauge and hence, each energy level is infinitely degenerate regardless of any values of $\theta$. Finally, if $0 < B\theta < \hbar$, $\theta$ has to also be proportional to the ratio between $\hbar$ and $m\omega$ for the degeneracy to occur. These proportionality parameters are evaluated and if they are not satisfied then we will have non-degenerate energy levels. Finally, the probability densities and effects of $B$ and $\theta$ on the system are properly shown for all cases.