A q-analogue of Bargmann space and its scalar product

Abstract

A q-analogue of Bargmann space is defined, using the properties of coherent states associated with a pair of q-deformed bosons. The space consists of a class of entire functions of a complex variable z, and has a reproducing kernel. On this space, the q-boson creation and annihilation operators are represented as multiplication by z and q-differentiation with respect to z, respectively. A q-integral analogue of Bargmann's scalar product is defined, involving the q-exponential as a weight function. Associated with this is a completeness relation for the q-coherent states.