Published February 15, 1991 | Version v1
Journal article

Supercoherent states

  • 1. Physics Department, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405 (USA)
  • 2. Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, University of California, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545 (USA)
  • 3. Chemistry Department, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta (Canada)

Description

A general approach is presented for constructing coherent states for supersymmetric systems. It uses Rogers's supermanifold formulation of supergroups to extend the group-theoretic method. Supercoherent states are explicitly obtained for the supersymmetric harmonic oscillator. They are shown to be eigenstates of the supersymmetric annihilation operator and to be minimum-uncertainty states. Two more-complex situations with extended physical supersymmetries are also considered: an electron moving in a constant magnetic field, and the electron-monopole system. The supercoherent states for these systems are found using super Baker-Campbell-Hausdorff relations and their interpretation is elucidated

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review, D
Journal Volume
43
Journal Issue
4
Series
Phys. Rev., D.
Journal Page Range
1403-1412
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDA