Restriction on types of coherent states due to gauge symmetry

Abstract

From the viewpoint of the SU(2) coherent states (CS) and their path integrals (PI) labeled by a full set of Euler angles (ϕ, θ, ψ) which we developed in the previous paper, we study the relations between gauge symmetries of Lagrangians and allowed quantum states; We investigate permissible types of fiducial vectors (FV) in the full quantum dynamics in terms of SU(2) CS for typical Lagrangians. We propose a general framework for a Lagrangian having a certain gauge symmetry with respect to one of the Euler angles ψ. We find that for the case FV are so restricted that they belong to the eigenstates of Ŝ3or to the orbits of them under the action of the SU(2); And the strength of a fictitious monopole, which appears in the Lagrangian, is a multiple of ½. In this case Dirac strings are permitted. Our formulations and results deepen those of the preceding work by Stone that has piloted us; We illustrate the relation between the two methods. The reasoning here does not work for a Lagrangian without the gauge symmetry. This suggests a new possibility about monopole charge quantization. Besides analogies to field theory and entanglements in quantum information (QI) are briefly mentioned.