Interplay of classical and quantal features within the coherent-state model

Abstract

The classical and quantal features of a quadrupole coherent state and its projections over angular momentum and boson number are quantitatively analyzed in terms of the departure of the Heisenberg uncertainty relations from the classical limit. This study is performed alternatively for two choices of the pairs of conjugate coordinates. The role of deformation as mediator of classical and quantal behaviors is also commented. Although restoring the rotational and gauge symmetries makes the quantal features manifest dominantly for small deformation, these are blurred by increasing the deformation which pushes the system toward a classical limit.