scholarly journals Coherent state path integral for linear systems

2005 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
C. G. Torre
Keyword(s):  
Coherent State ◽  
Linear Systems ◽  
Path Integral ◽  
State Path

scholarly journals A NOTE ON (SPIN-) COHERENT-STATE PATH INTEGRAL

1999 ◽  
Vol 13 (02) ◽  
pp. 107-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
JUNYA SHIBATA ◽  
SHIN TAKAGI
Keyword(s):  
Coherent State ◽  
Path Integral ◽  
Continuous Time ◽  
Classical Level ◽  
Classical Action ◽  
Single Spin ◽  
Spin Coherent State ◽  
Classical Path ◽  
Time Formalism ◽  
State Path

It is pointed out that there are some fundamental difficulties with the frequently used continuous-time formalism of the spin-coherent-state path integral. They arise already in a single-spin system and at the level of the "classical action" not to speak of fluctuations around the "classical path". Similar difficulties turn out to be present in the case of the (boson-)coherent-state path integral as well; although partially circumventable by an ingenious trick (Klauder's ∊-prescription) at the "classical level", they manifest themselves at the level of fluctuations. Detailed analysis of the origin of these difficulties makes it clear that the only way of avoiding them is to work with the proper discrete-time formalism. The thesis is explicitly illustrated with a harmonic oscillator and a spin under a constant magnetic field.

scholarly journals A COHERENT STATE PATH INTEGRAL FOR ANYONS

1995 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 985-989 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. GRUNDBERG ◽  
T.H. HANSSON
Keyword(s):  
Coherent State ◽  
Harmonic Oscillator ◽  
Path Integral ◽  
Coherent States ◽  
Integral Formula ◽  
Harmonic Potential ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Change Of Variables ◽  
The One ◽  
State Path

We derive an su (1, 1) coherent state path integral formula for a system of two one-dimensional anyons in a harmonic potential. By a change of variables we transform this integral into a coherent states path integral for a harmonic oscillator with a shifted energy. The shift is the same as the one obtained for anyons by other methods. We justify the procedure by showing that the change of variables corresponds to an su (1, 1) version of the Holstein-Primakoff transformation.

scholarly journals SU(2) COHERENT STATE PATH INTEGRALS LABELED BY A FULL SET OF EULER ANGLES: BASIC FORMULATION

2012 ◽  
Vol 26 (29) ◽  
pp. 1250143 ◽  
Author(s):  
MASAO MATSUMOTO
Keyword(s):  
Integral Representation ◽  
Coherent State ◽  
Path Integral ◽  
Coherent States ◽  
Path Integrals ◽  
Euler Angles ◽  
Geometric Phases ◽  
Path Integral Representation ◽  
General Systems ◽  
State Path

We develop a basic formulation of the spin (SU(2)) coherent state path integrals based not on the conventional highest or lowest weight vectors but on arbitrary fiducial vectors. The coherent states, being defined on a 3-sphere, are specified by a full set of Euler angles. They are generally considered as states without classical analogues. The overcompleteness relation holds for the states, by which we obtain the time evolution of general systems in terms of the path integral representation; the resultant Lagrangian in the action has a monopole-type term à la Balachandran et al. as well as some additional terms, both of which depend on fiducial vectors in a simple way. The process of the discrete path integrals to the continuous ones is clarified. Complex variable forms of the states and path integrals are also obtained. During the course of all steps, we emphasize the analogies and correspondences to the general canonical coherent states and path integrals that we proposed some time ago. In this paper we concentrate on the basic formulation. The physical applications as well as criteria in choosing fiducial vectors for real Lagrangians, in relation to fictitious monopoles and geometric phases, will be treated in subsequent papers separately.

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