Quantum mechanics of Klein-Gordon fields. II: Relativistic coherent states

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Abstract: We use the formulation of the quantum mechanics of first quantized Klein-Gordon fields given in the first of this series of papers to study relativistic coherent states. In particular, we offer an explicit construction of coherent states for both charged and neutral (real) free Klein-Gordon fields as well as for charged fields interacting with a constant magnetic field. Our construction is free from the problems associated with charge-superselection rule that complicated the previous studies. We compute various physical quantities associated with our coherent states and present a detailed investigation of their classical (nonquantum) and nonrelativistic limits.


Relativistic coherent states for scalar fields, that are either free or interact with a constant homogeneous magnetic field, are constructed within the framework developed in part I [\textit{A. Mostafazadeh} and \textit{F. Zamani}, Ann. Phys. 321, No. 9, 2183--2209 (2006; Zbl 1104.81041)]. They have a definite charge since the formalism naturally introduces relativistic position and momentum operators that respect the charge-superselection rule. The properties of these coherent states are investigated in some detail and attention is paid to their classical and nonrelativistic limits. The discussion is supported by a number of graphs displaying the behavior of various physical quantities of interest.











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