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Standard definition for the spin coherent state (CSS) for the system of $N$ identical particles reads

$$ |\theta, \phi\rangle = \bigotimes\limits_{k=1}^{N} \left[ \cos\frac{\theta}{2} |0\rangle_k + e^{i \phi} \sin \frac{\theta}{2} |1 \rangle_k \right], $$ where $|0 \rangle$ and $|1 \rangle$ are the eigenvectors of the Pauli matrix $\sigma_z^{(k)}$ on the $k$-th side. For the spinless fermions, the dimension of the Hilbert space is $\deg \mathcal{H} = 2^N$. However, for the case of electrons with spin, it is $4^N$ and one needs 4 vectors instead of two above. Something like $\{ |0\rangle_{k \uparrow}, |1\rangle_{k \uparrow}|0\rangle_{k \downarrow}|1\rangle_{k \downarrow} \}$. I wonder how the expression for $|\theta, \phi \rangle$ modifies in the case of electrons with spin. Should it be just additional summation over spin of not?

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  • $\begingroup$ It depends what you want the "coherent state" to do... physics.stackexchange.com/a/9380/291677 $\endgroup$ Commented Feb 7 at 14:39
  • $\begingroup$ @QuantumMechanic I want this state to minimise the uncertainty principle for the spin operators (as for the regular CSS). $\endgroup$ Commented Feb 7 at 18:31
  • $\begingroup$ Great, which spin operators? The sum of the uncertainty principles for two different types of spins? I am not sure to what $|0\rangle$ and $|1\rangle$ refer if not the spins; energy levels? Do you want to minimize the uncertainty of the spin operators defined with $\uparrow/\downarrow$ and with $0/1$? $\endgroup$ Commented Feb 19 at 16:03

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