Dynamics of a BrokenSymmetry for the Oscillator
- 6 September 1965
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 139 (5B) , B1433-B1436
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrev.139.b1433
Abstract
All states of a one-dimensional harmonic oscillator are represented by a special unitary representation of the noncompact 2+1 Lorentz group. The direct product of such representations leads to a degeneracy which is represented by the group , whereas all states of the -dimensional oscillator are represented by the noncompact unitary group whose Casimir operator determines the energy spectrum. The anharmonic oscillator is represented by a broken symmetry and mass-splitting formulas are obtained. It is shown how new quantum numbers arise from the direct products of basic dynamical groups, corresponding to composite structures.
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