A Charged Particle in a Magnetic Field: A Review of Two Formalisms of Coherent States and the Husimi Function

Autor/inn/en	Herrera, D.; Valencia, A. M.; Pennini, F.; Curilef, S.
Titel	A Charged Particle in a Magnetic Field: A Review of Two Formalisms of Coherent States and the Husimi Function
Quelle	In: European Journal of Physics, 29 (2008) 3, S.439-449 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0143-0807
DOI	10.1088/0143-0807/29/3/005
Schlagwörter	Energy; Physics; Science Instruction; Molecular Structure; Magnets; Quantum Mechanics; College Science; Graduate Study; Equations (Mathematics); Probability; Thermodynamics + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Energie; Physik; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Stabmagnet; Quantenmechanik; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Equations; Mathematics; Gleichungslehre; Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung; Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie; Thermodynamik
Abstract	In this work, we review two formalisms of coherent states for the case of a particle in a magnetic field. We focus our revision on both pioneering (Feldman and Kahn 1970 "Phys. Rev." B 1 4584) and recent (Kowalski and Rembielinski 2005 "J. Phys. A: Math. Gen." 38 8247) formulations of coherent states for this problem. We introduce a general application, the Husimi function, which takes into account collective and environmental effects, and which can be derived in a variety of ways. However, we calculate this function as the expected value of the density operator in a basis of coherent states. (Contains 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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