Journal of Mathematical Physics
SU(1,1) coherent states and associated Wick symbol calculus
Shunlong Luo
Abstract
We display the relationship of Perelomov and Barut–Girardello coherent states associated with the discrete series of SU(1,1) by establishing the interwining operators. Both Perelomov and Barut–Girardello coherent states are deformations of Glauber coherent states of Heisenberg–Weyl group, but they approximate the latter from different sides and exhibit a certain duality. We also develop a symbol calculus of SU(1,1) algebra in terms of Barut–Girardello coherent states (Perelomov coherent states are not suitable for this purpose) and rederive the disentanglement (Baker–Campbell–Hausdorff) formula for SU(1,1) generators by the symbol calculus and parameter differentiation technique.