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If I have a harmonic oscillator basis centered at $x=2$, how do I rewrite it in terms of the harmonic oscillator basis centered at $x=0$? To be more specific: If $|\Psi_n\rangle$ is the $n$th wavefunction centered at $x=2$, is there an expression for the coefficients $c_k$ in the following: $$ |\Psi_n\rangle = \sum_kc_k|\Phi_k\rangle, $$ where $|\Phi_k\rangle$ is the $k$th eigenstate for the harmonic oscillator at $x=0$.

The only thing I found related to this was squeezed states, which is related to changing frequencies, not the center.

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    $\begingroup$ Are you talking about the displacement operator in the phase-space representation? $\endgroup$ Commented Apr 15 at 13:51
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    $\begingroup$ Yes, that appears to be it! I did not know the name for it $\endgroup$
    – Idieh
    Commented Apr 15 at 13:56

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