Coherent-state overcompleteness, path integrals, and weak values

DOI10.1063/1.4943014MaRDI QIDQ2798667zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Fernando Parisio

Publication date 13 April 2016

Published in Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1403.3033

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Semiclassical techniques, including WKB and Maslov methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81Q20) Coherent states (81R30) Phase-space methods including Wigner distributions, etc. applied to problems in quantum mechanics (81S30) Path integrals in quantum mechanics (81S40)

Abstract: In the Hilbert space of a quantum particle the standard coherent-state resolution of unity is written in terms of a phase-space integration of the outer product $|zanglelanglez|$. Because no pair of coherent states is orthogonal, one can represent the closure relation in non-standard ways, in terms of a single phase-space integration of the "unlike" outer product $|z^{\prime }anglelanglez|$, $z^{\prime }ez$. We show that all known representations of this kind have a common ground, and that our reasoning extends to spin coherent states. These unlike identities make it possible to write formal expressions for a phase-space path integral, where the role of the Hamiltonian $calH$ is played by a weak energy value ${calH}_{weak}$. Therefore, in this context, we can speak of weak values without any mention to measurements. The quantity ${calH}_{weak}$ appears as the ruler of the phase-space dynamics in the semiclassical limit.

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