Quantum Mechanics for Mathematicians

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For group elements,gθ=eθZ∈SO(2)⊂SL(2,R) and the representation is
given by unitary operators


Ugθ= ΓBF(eθZ) =e−i

θ 2 (aa†+a†a)

which satisfy


Ugθ

(

a
a†

)

Ug−θ^1 =

(

eiθ 0
0 e−iθ

)(

a
a†

)

(24.5)

Note that, using equation 5.1


d

(

Ugθ

(

a
a†

)

Ug−θ^1

)

|θ=0

=

[


i
2

(aa†+a†a),

(

a
a†

)]

so equation 24.4 is the derivative atθ= 0 of equation 24.5. We see that, on
operators, conjugation by the action of thisSO(2) subgroup ofSL(2,R) does
not mix creation and annihilation operators. On the distinguished state| 0 〉,Ugθ
acts as the phase transformation


Ugθ| 0 〉=e−
2 iθ
| 0 〉

Besides 24.3, there are also the following other Poisson bracket relations
between order two and order one polynomials inz,z


{z^2 ,z}= 2iz, {z^2 ,z}= 0, {z^2 ,z}=− 2 iz, {z^2 ,z}= 0 (24.6)

The function


μ=

i
2

(z^2 −z^2 )

will provide a moment map for theR⊂SL(2,R) subgroup studied in section
20.3.4. This is the subgroup of elementsgrthat forr∈Ract on basis elements
q,pby (
q
p


)


(

er 0
0 e−r

)(

q
p

)

=

(

erq
e−rp

)

(24.7)

or on basis elementsz,zby
(
z
z


)


(

coshr sinhr
sinhr coshr

)(

z
z

)

This moment map satisfies the relations
{
μ,


(

z
z

)}

=

(

0 1

1 0

)(

z
z

)

(24.8)

Quantization gives
Γ′BF(μ) =

1

2

(a^2 −(a†)^2 )

which satisfies [
1
2


(a^2 −(a†)^2 ),

(

a
a†

)]

=

(

0 1

1 0

)(

a
a†

)
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