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arXiv:chao-dyn/9602009 · Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General

Generalized coherent states and spin systems

V G Makhankov, Máximo Augusto Agüero Granados, A V Makhankov

Published Jun 21, 1996• 5 citations
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Abstract

Generalized Coherent States (GCS) are constructed (and discussed) in order to study quasiclassical behaviour of quantum spin models of the Heisenberg type. Several such models are taken to their semiclassical limits, whose form depends on the spin value as well as the Hamiltonian symmetry. In the continuum approximation, SU(2)/U(1) GCS when applied give rise to the well known Landau - Lifshitz classical phenomenology. For arbitrary spin values one obtains a lattice of coupled nonlinear oscillators. Corresponding classical continuum models are described as well.

DOI
10.1088/0305-4470/29/12/009

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