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A universal description of particles with spins j greater or equal one , transforming in (j,0)+(0,j), is developed by means of representation specific second order differential wave equations without auxiliary conditions and in covariant…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-10-31 Mariana Kirchbach , Victor Miguel Banda Guzman

We study the gravitational waves emitted by an inspiralling compact binary system in massive Brans-Dicke theory. In addition to the two tensor polarizations, which have been obtained in the previous work, we calculate explicitly and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-01-04 Tan Liu , Wen Zhao , Yan Wang

A two-sphere ("Bloch" or "Poincare") is familiar for describing the dynamics of a spin-1/2 particle or light polarization. Analogous objects are derived for unitary groups larger than SU(2) through an iterative procedure that constructs…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 D. Uskov , A. R. P. Rau

Polarisation is described by an $SU(2)$ wavefunction due to macroscopic coherence of photons emitted from a ubiquitous laser source, and thus, a laser pulse is expected to behave as a macroscopic quantum bit (qubit), i.e., a qubit realised…

Optics · Physics 2024-06-07 Shinichi Saito

Semiclassical expansion of the Wigner function for spin-1/2 fermions having an effective spacetime-dependent mass is used to analyze spin-polarization effects. The existing framework is reformulated to obtain a differential equation…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-01-24 Samapan Bhadury , Arpan Das , Wojciech Florkowski , Gowthama K. K. , Radoslaw Ryblewski

We investigate the structure of SO(3)-invariant quantum systems which are composed of two particles with spins j_1 and j_2. The states of the composite spin system are represented by means of two complete sets of rotationally invariant…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Heinz-Peter Breuer

In this paper, starting from pure group-theoretical point of view, we develop a regular approach to describing particles with different spins in the framework of a theory of scalar fields on the Poincare group. Such fields can be considered…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 D. M. Gitman , A. L. Shelepin

Geometric representation lays the basis for understanding and flexible tuning of topological transitions in many physical systems. An example is given by the Poincar\'{e} sphere (PS) that provides an intuitive and continuous…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-09-04 Lingyuan Gao , Yijie Shen , Sergei Prokhorenko , Yousra Nahas , Laurent Bellaiche

We investigate theoretical properties of beams of light with non-uniform polarization patterns. Specifically, we determine all possible configurations of cylindrically polarized modes (CPMs) of the electro-magnetic field, calculate their…

We present a moment expansion method for the systematic characterization of the polarization properties of quantum states of light. Specifically, we link the method to the measurements of the Stokes operator in different directions on the…

For an arbitrary electromagnetic field, we define a prepotential $S$, which is a complex-valued function of spacetime. The prepotential is a modification of the two scalar potential functions introduced by E. T. Whittaker. The prepotential…

General Physics · Physics 2013-05-23 Yaakov Friedman

The second-order differential equation for a damped harmonic oscillator can be converted to two coupled first-order equations, with two two-by-two matrices leading to the group $Sp(2)$. It is shown that this oscillator system contains the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-04-06 Sibel Baskal , Young S. Kim , Marilyn E. Noz

It is shown that the components of Pryce's spin operator of Dirac's theory are $SU(2)$ generators of a representation carried by the space of Pauli's spinors determining the polarization of the plane wave solutions of Dirac's equation.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-01-12 Ion I. Cotaescu

We propose a generalization of the Bloch sphere representation for arbitrary spin states. It provides a compact and elegant representation of spin density matrices in terms of tensors that share the most important properties of Bloch…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-02-27 O. Giraud , D. Braun , D. Baguette , T. Bastin , J. Martin

We observe the joint spin-spatial (spinor) self-organization of a two-component BEC strongly coupled to an optical cavity. This unusual nonequilibrium Hepp-Lieb-Dicke phase transition is driven by an off-resonant two-photon Raman transition…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2018-10-23 Ronen M. Kroeze , Yudan Guo , Varun D. Vaidya , Jonathan Keeling , Benjamin L. Lev

For a general-form polarization biphoton qutrit, physically corresponding to a pair of arbitrarily polarized photons in a single frequency and wavevector mode, we explicitly find polarization Schmidt modes. A simple method is suggested for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-11 M V Chekhova , M V Fedorov

In this work we present an extension of the L\"uscher formalism to include the interaction of particles with spin, focusing on the scattering of two vector particles. The derived formalism will be applied to Scalar QED in the Higgs Phase,…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2018-04-18 Fernando Romero-López , Carsten Urbach , Akaki Rusetsky

Unification ideas motivate the formulation of field equations on an extended spin space. Demanding that the Poincare symmetry be maintained, one derives scalar symmetries that are associated with flavor and gauge groups. Boson and fermion…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 J. Besprosvany

Exact radiative wave solutions to the classical homogeneous Maxwell equations in the vacuum have been found that are not transverse, exhibit both torsion and spin, and for which the second Poincare invariant, E.B, is not zero. Two four…

Classical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. M. Kiehn

The product of two Heisenberg-Weil algebras contains the Jordan-Schwinger representation of su(2). This Algebra is quotiented by the square-root of the Casimir to produce a non-associative algebra denoted by $\Psi$. This algebra may be…

q-alg · Mathematics 2009-10-30 Jonathan Gratus