Probabilistic aspects of the SU(2)-harmonic oscillator

2000 ◽  
Vol 37 (01) ◽  
pp. 306-314
Author(s):  
Shunlong Luo

In the framework of quantum probability, we present a simple geometrical mechanism which gives rise to binomial distributions, Gaussian distributions, Poisson distributions, and their interrelation. More specifically, by virtue of coherent states and a toy analogue of the Bargmann transform, we calculate the probability distributions of the position observable and the Hamiltonian arising in the representation of the classic group SU(2). This representation may be viewed as a constrained harmonic oscillator with a two-dimensional sphere as the phase space. It turns out that both the position observable and the Hamiltonian have binomial distributions, but with different asymptotic behaviours: with large radius and high spin limit, the former tends to the Gaussian while the latter tends to the Poisson.

2000 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 306-314
Author(s):  
Shunlong Luo

In the framework of quantum probability, we present a simple geometrical mechanism which gives rise to binomial distributions, Gaussian distributions, Poisson distributions, and their interrelation. More specifically, by virtue of coherent states and a toy analogue of the Bargmann transform, we calculate the probability distributions of the position observable and the Hamiltonian arising in the representation of the classic group SU(2). This representation may be viewed as a constrained harmonic oscillator with a two-dimensional sphere as the phase space. It turns out that both the position observable and the Hamiltonian have binomial distributions, but with different asymptotic behaviours: with large radius and high spin limit, the former tends to the Gaussian while the latter tends to the Poisson.


Open Physics ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nuri Ünal

AbstractIn this study, we construct the coherent states for a particle in the Smorodinsky-Winternitz potentials, which are the generalizations of the two-dimensional harmonic oscillator problem. In the first case, we find the non-spreading wave packets by transforming the system into four oscillators in Cartesian, and also polar, coordinates. In the second case, the coherent states are constructed in Cartesian coordinates by transforming the system into three non-isotropic harmonic oscillators. All of these states evolve in physical-time. We also show that in parametric-time, the second case can be transformed to the first one with vanishing eigenvalues.


2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (06) ◽  
pp. 1320007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Q. H. LIU ◽  
Y. SHEN ◽  
D. M. XUN ◽  
X. WANG

With a recently introduced geometric momentum that depends on the extrinsic curvature and offers a proper description of momentum on two-dimensional sphere, we show that the annihilation operators whose eigenstates are coherent states on the sphere take the expected form αx + iβp, where α and β are two operators that depend on the angular momentum and x and p are the position and the geometric momentum, respectively. Since the geometric momentum is manifestly a consequence of embedding the two-dimensional sphere in the three-dimensional flat space, the coherent states reflects some aspects beyond the intrinsic geometry of the surfaces.


2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (38) ◽  
pp. 3129-3136 ◽  
Author(s):  
XIANG-GUO MENG ◽  
JI-SUO WANG ◽  
HONG-YI FAN

In the newly constructed entangled state representation embodying quantum entanglement of Einstein, Podolsky and Rosen, the usual wave function of atomic coherent state ∣τ〉 = exp (μJ+-μ*J-)∣j, -j〉 turns out to be just proportional to a single-variable ordinary Hermite polynomial of order 2j, where j is the spin value. We then prove that a two-dimensional time-independent anisotropic harmonic oscillator in a uniform magnetic field possesses energy eigenstates which can be classified as the states ∣τ〉 in terms of the spin values j.


2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (21) ◽  
pp. 1750151 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. L. Ferri ◽  
F. Pennini ◽  
A. plastino ◽  
M. C. Rocca

In this paper, we investigate quantum uncertainties in a Tsallis’ nonadditive scenario. To such an end we appeal to [Formula: see text]-exponentials (qEs), that are the cornerstone of Tsallis’ theory. In this respect, it is found that some new mathematics is needed and we are led to construct a set of novel special states that are the qE equivalents of the ordinary coherent states (CS) of the harmonic oscillator (HO). We then characterize these new Tsallis’ special states by obtaining the associated (i) probability distributions (PDs) for a state of momentum [Formula: see text], (ii) mean values for some functions of space an momenta and (iii) concomitant quantum uncertainties. The latter are then compared to the usual ones.


2019 ◽  
Vol 94 (11) ◽  
pp. 115215
Author(s):  
Masoumeh Izadparast ◽  
S Habib Mazharimousavi

2001 ◽  
Vol 16 (02) ◽  
pp. 91-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
JULES BECKERS ◽  
NATHALIE DEBERGH ◽  
JOSÉ F. CARIÑENA ◽  
GIUSEPPE MARMO

Previous λ-deformed non-Hermitian Hamiltonians with respect to the usual scalar product of Hilbert spaces dealing with harmonic oscillator-like developments are (re)considered with respect to a new scalar product in order to take into account their property of self-adjointness. The corresponding deformed λ-states lead to new families of coherent states according to the DOCS, AOCS and MUCS points of view.


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