2025/07/16 by Lars Andersson, Andersson, Lars, Benjamin Moser +7 · 1 voice · 1 citation
#math-ph #gr-qc #math.AP #math.DG #math.MP
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2507.11965
We develop a geometric framework for Weyl quantization on pseudo-Riemannian manifolds, in which pseudodifferential operators act on sections of vector bundles equipped with pseudo-Hermitian metrics and compatible connections. We construct the associated star product and compute its semiclassical expansion up to third order in the semiclassical parameter. A central feature of our approach is a correspondence, modulo smoothing remainders, between formally self-adjoint symbols and formally self-adjoint operators, extending known results from flat space to curved geometries. In addition, we analyze the Moyal equation satisfied by the Wigner function in this setting and provide explicit computations of Weyl symbols for several physically significant operators, including the Dirac, Maxwell, linearized Yang-Mills, and linearized Einstein operators. Our results lay the foundation for future developments in quantum field theory on curved spacetimes, semiclassical analysis, and chiral kinetic theory.