A Phase in a Coherent State Wave Function - Is It Always Irrelevant?
Quantum Physics
2014-11-18 v2
Abstract
We point out that harmonic oscillator coherent states, in coordinate representation, require particular phase factor, in order to represent classical time evolution properly. The presence of such a phase is clearly stated only in a minority of scientific sources discussing properties of coherent states.
Cite
@article{arxiv.quant-ph/9810036,
title = {A Phase in a Coherent State Wave Function - Is It Always Irrelevant?},
author = {W. Berej and P. Rozmej},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/9810036},
year = {2014}
}
Comments
LaTeX, 4 pages, no figures, submitted to Am.J.Phys. Minor changes