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Coadjoint orbits and K\"ahler structure: examples from coherent states

Mathematical Physics 2022-05-26 v6 Differential Geometry math.MP

Abstract

Do co-adjoint orbits of Lie groups support a K\"{a}hler structure? We study this question from a point of view derived from coherent states. We examine three examples of Lie groups: the Weyl-Heisenberg group, SU(2)\mathrm{SU(2)} and SU(1,1)\mathrm{SU(1,1)}. In cases, where the orbits admit a K\"{a}hler structure, we show that coherent states give us a K\"{a}hler embedding of the orbit into projective Hilbert space. In contrast, squeezed states, (which like coherent states, also saturate the uncertainty bound) only give us a symplectic embedding. We also study geometric quantisation of the co-adjoint orbits of the group SUT(2,R)\mathrm{SUT(2,\mathbb{R})} of real, special, upper triangular matrices in two dimensions. We glean some general insights from these examples. Our presentation is semi-expository and accessible to physicists.

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@article{arxiv.2105.14283,
  title  = {Coadjoint orbits and K\"ahler structure: examples from coherent states},
  author = {Rukmini Dey and Joseph Samuel and Rithwik S. Vidyarthi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2105.14283},
  year   = {2022}
}

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To appear in Reports in Mathematical Physics

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