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View SchemaHarmonic Oscillator, Coherent States, and Feynman Path Integral
| Authors | Dae-Yup Song |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0211106 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0211106 |
Abstract
The Feynman path integral for the generalized harmonic oscillator is reviewed, and it is shown that the path integral can be used to find a complete set of wave functions for the oscillator. Harmonic oscillators with different (time-dependent) parameters can be related through unitary transformations. The existence of generalized coherent states for a simple harmonic oscillator can then be interpreted as the result of a (formal) {\em invariance} under a unitary transformation which relates the same harmonic oscillator. In the path integral formalism, the invariance is reflected in that the kernels do not depend on the choice of classical solutions.
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