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Coherent states for arbitrary Lie group

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The concept of coherent states originally closely related to the nilpotent group of Weyl is generalized to arbitrary Lie group. For the simplest Lie groups the system of coherent states is constructed and its features are investigated.

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Perelomov, A.M. Coherent states for arbitrary Lie group. Commun.Math. Phys. 26, 222–236 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01645091

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