Effective Casimir conditions and group coherent states

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/31/11/115006MaRDI QIDQ4979644zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Martin Bojowald, Artur Tsobanjan

Publication date 24 June 2014

Published in Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1401.5352

zbMATH Keywords

quantum cosmologydual Lie algebraCasimir conditionsgroup coherent statesirreducible representation of a Lie group

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General properties and structure of complex Lie groups (22E10) Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Lie algebras of linear algebraic groups (17B45)

Abstract: Properties of group coherent states can be derived "effectively" without knowing full wave functions. The procedure is detailed in this article as an example of general methods for effective constraints. The role of constraints in the present context is played by a Casimir condition that puts states within an irreducible representation of a Lie group (or, equivalently, on a quantization of a co-adjoint orbit of the dual Lie algebra). Simplifications implied by a Casimir condition, compared with general first-class constraints, allows one to show that the correct number of degrees of freedom is obtained after imposing the condition. When combined with conditions to saturate uncertainty relations, moments of group coherent states can be derived. A detailed example in quantum cosmology (cosmic forgetfulness) illustrates the usefulness of the methods.

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