Simple Harmonic Oscillator Squeezing

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The discussion focuses on the transition from Equation 5.26 to Equation 5.27 in the context of the Simple Harmonic Oscillator Squeezing as presented in the MIT OpenCourseWare Quantum Physics II course. The user is specifically struggling with the mathematical manipulation involving the creation and annihilation operators, defined as ##\hat{a}_2 = \hat{a}_1 \cosh \gamma - \hat{a}_1^\dagger \sinh \gamma## and ##\hat{a}_2^\dagger = -\hat{a}_1 \sinh \gamma + \hat{a}_1^\dagger \cosh \gamma##. The user concludes that Equation 5.27 does not logically follow from 5.26 and appears to be a repetition of Equation 5.12.

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  • Understanding of quantum mechanics principles, particularly the Simple Harmonic Oscillator.
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  • Investigate the relationship between different equations in quantum mechanics, focusing on Equation 5.12 and its relevance to 5.26 and 5.27.
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Homework Statement
How to derive ##(\hat{a}cosh\gamma + \hat{a^\dagger}sinh\gamma \vert 0_{\gamma} \rangle = 0 ## from ##\vert 0_{\gamma} \rangle \equiv \frac{1}{\sqrt{cosh\gamma}} exp(-\frac{1}{2}tanh\gamma \hat{a^\dagger}\hat{a^\dagger} \vert 0 \rangle##
Relevant Equations
Creation operator: ##\hat{a}_2 = \hat{a}_1cosh\gamma - \hat{a}_1^\dagger sinh\gamma##
Annihilation operator: ##\hat{a}_2^\dagger = -\hat{a}_1sinh\gamma + \hat{a}_1^\dagger cosh\gamma##
Where ##e^\gamma \equiv \sqrt{\frac{m_1 \omega_1}{m_2 \omega_2}}##
I'm working through https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/physics...all-2013/lecture-notes/MIT8_05F13_Chap_06.pdf, and I'm stumped how they got from Equation 5.26 (##\vert 0_{\gamma} \rangle \equiv \frac{1}{\sqrt{cosh\gamma}} exp(-\frac{1}{2}tanh\gamma \hat{a^\dagger}\hat{a^\dagger} \vert 0 \rangle##) to Equation 5.27 (##(\hat{a}cosh\gamma + \hat{a^\dagger}sinh\gamma) \vert 0_{\gamma} \rangle = 0 ##).
I've tried substituting in the creation (##\hat{a}_2 = \hat{a}_1cosh\gamma - \hat{a}_1^\dagger sinh\gamma##) and annihilation ((##\hat{a}_2^\dagger = -\hat{a}_1 sinh\gamma + \hat{a}_1^\dagger cosh\gamma##) operators and then rearranging, but I can't get what they have.
 
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Equation 5.27 does not follow from 5.26. It is a repetition of 5.12.
 
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