Representations for creation and annihilation operators

Abstract

A new representation -which is similar to the Bargmann representation- of the creation and annihilation operators is introduced, in which the operators act like "multiplication with" and like "derivation with respect to" a single real variable. The Hilbert space structure of the corresponding states space is produced and the relations with the Schroedinger representation are derived. Possible connections of this new representation with the asymptotic wave functions of the gauge-fixed quantum Chern-Simons field theory and (2+1) gravity are pointed out. It is shown that the representation of the fields operator algebra of the Chern-Simons theory in the Landau gauge is not a *-representation; the consequences on the evolution of the states in the semiclassical approximation are discussed.