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Quantisation of a Family of Phase Spaces

We explain that when quantising phase spaces with varying symplectic structures, the bundle of quantum Hilbert spaces over the parameter space has a natural unitary connection. We then focus on symplectic vector spaces and their fermionic counterparts. After reviewing how the quantum Hilbert space depends on physical parameters such as the Hamiltonian and unphysical parameters such as choices of polarisations, we study the connection, curvature and phases of the Hilbert space bundle when the phase space structure itself varies. We apply the results to the two-sphere family of symplectic structures on a hyper-Kähler vector space and to their fermionic analogue, and conclude with possible generalisations.