Coherent states in minimal-length Quantum Mechanics: inequivalent characterizations and emergent squeezing

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2607.01393v1
• Date: Wed, 01 Jul 2026 18:52:30 GMT
• Title: Coherent states in minimal-length Quantum Mechanics: inequivalent characterizations and emergent squeezing
• Abstract summary: In quantum mechanics, a fundamental minimal length is encoded through deformations of the Heisenberg algebra, leading to the Generalized Uncertainty Principle (GUP)<n>We show that the canonical equivalence among their standard characterizations is generically lost in the presence of a minimal length.<n>We then investigate the dynamical and semiclassical consequences of this inequivalence by comparing the evolution of generalized coherent states with that of states saturating the GUP.
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• Abstract: Several approaches to quantum gravity suggest the emergence of a fundamental minimal length at the Planck scale. In quantum mechanics, this feature is naturally encoded through deformations of the Heisenberg algebra, leading to the Generalized Uncertainty Principle (GUP). While the phenomenological implications of GUP have been extensively explored, a consistent characterization of coherent states in minimal-length quantum mechanics remains elusive. In this work, we present a systematic analysis of coherent states for the one-dimensional harmonic oscillator. We show that the canonical equivalence among their standard characterizations - as eigenstates of the annihilation operator, displaced vacuum states and minimum-uncertainty wave packets - is generically lost in the presence of a minimal length. We then investigate the dynamical and semiclassical consequences of this inequivalence by comparing the evolution of generalized coherent states with that of states saturating the GUP. In particular, we demonstrate that minimal-length effects induce nontrivial deformations of phase-space trajectories and give rise to an intrinsic squeezing mechanism with no counterpart in ordinary quantum mechanics. These results establish a unified framework for coherence in GUP-based quantum theories and identify distinctive semiclassical signatures of minimal-length physics, opening a new avenue for probing quantum-gravitational effects.

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