BARUT–GIRARDELLO COHERENT STATES CONSTRUCTED BY Ym m(θ,φ) AND Ym+1 m(θ,φ) FOR A FREE PARTICLE ON THE SPHERE
Alireza Chenaghlou, Hossein Fakhri
Using the realization idea of simultaneous shape invariance with respect to two different parameters of the associated Legendre functions, the Hilbert space of spherical harmonics Yn m(θ,φ) corresponding to the motion of a free particle on a sphere is split into a direct sum of infinite-dimensional Hilbert subspaces. It is shown that these Hilbert subspaces constitute irreducible representations for the Lie algebra u (1,1). Then by applying the lowering operator of the Lie algebra u (1,1), Barut–Girardello coherent states are constructed for the Hilbert subspaces consisting of Ym m(θ,φ) and Ym+1 m(θ,φ).
Modern Physics Letters A•Nov 2, 2004•17 citations