Lorentz harmonics, squeeze harmonics and their physical applications

DOI10.3390/SYM3010016zbMATH Open1360.81195arXiv1102.4000OpenAlexW2078715291MaRDI QIDQ527552FDOQ527552

Authors: Young S. Kim, Marilyn E. Noz 

Publication date: 12 May 2017

Published in: Symmetry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Among the symmetries in physics, the rotation symmetry is most familiar to us. It is known that the spherical harmonics serve useful purposes when the world is rotated. Squeeze transformations are also becoming more prominent in physics, particularly in optical sciences and in high-energy physics. As can be seen from Dirac's light-cone coordinate system, Lorentz boosts are squeeze transformations. Thus the squeeze transformation is one of the fundamental transformations in Einstein's Lorentz-covariant world. It is possible to define a complete set of orthonormal functions defined for one Lorentz frame. It is shown that the same set can be used for other Lorentz frames. Transformation properties are discussed. Physical applications are discussed in both optics and high-energy physics. It is shown that the Lorentz harmonics provide the mathematical basis for squeezed states of light. It is shown also that the same set of harmonics can be used for understanding Lorentz-boosted hadrons in high-energy physics. It is thus possible to transmit physics from one branch of physics to the other branch using the mathematical basis common to them.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1102.4000

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zbMATH Keywords

hidden variablesrelativistic quantum mechanicsDirac's effortsLorentz harmonicsLorentz-covariant bound statessqueeze transformationsqueezed states of light

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum optics (81V80) Finite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics and their representations (81R05) Coherent states (81R30)

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