Noncommutative pfaffians and classification of states of five-dimensional quasi-spin

Abstract

Noncommutative pfaffians associated with an orthogonal algebra $\mathfrak{o}_N$ are some special elements of the universal enveloping algebra $U(\mathfrak{o}_N)$. Using pfaffians we construct the fourth quantum number which together with the naturally defined three quantum numbers allow to classify the states of a five-dimensional quasi-spin. The pfaffians are treated as creation operators for the new quantum number.