scholarly journals Time-dependent propagator for an-harmonic oscillator with quartic term in potential

2021 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
pp. 023501
Author(s):  
J. Boháčik ◽  
P. Prešnajder ◽  
P. Augustín
2003 ◽  
Vol 17 (18) ◽  
pp. 983-990 ◽  
Author(s):  
Swapan Mandal

The quantization of a driven harmonic oscillator with time dependent mass and frequency (DHTDMF) is considered. We observe that the driven term has no influence on the quantization of the oscillator. It is found that the DHTDMF corresponds the general quadratic Hamiltonian. The present solution is critically compared with existing solutions of DHTDMF.


1993 ◽  
Vol 07 (28) ◽  
pp. 4827-4840 ◽  
Author(s):  
DONALD H. KOBE ◽  
JIONGMING ZHU

The most general time-dependent Hamiltonian for a harmonic oscillator is both linear and quadratic in the coordinate and the canonical momentum. It describes in general a harmonic oscillator with mass, spring “constant,” and friction (or antifriction) “constant,” all of which are time dependent, that is acted on by a time-dependent force. A generalized Hannay angle, which is gauge invariant, is defined by making a distinction between the Hamiltonian and the energy. The generalized Hannay angle is the classical counterpart of the generalized Berry phase in quantum theory. When friction is present the generalized Hannay angle is nonzero. If the Hamiltonian is (incorrectly) chosen to be the energy, the generalized Hannay angle is different. Nevertheless, in the adiabatic case the same total angle is obtained.


Author(s):  
Daniel M. Tibaduiza ◽  
Luis Barbosa Pires ◽  
Carlos Farina

Abstract In this work, we give a quantitative answer to the question: how sudden or how adiabatic is a frequency change in a quantum harmonic oscillator (HO)? We do that by studying the time evolution of a HO which is initially in its fundamental state and whose time-dependent frequency is controlled by a parameter (denoted by ε) that can continuously tune from a totally slow process to a completely abrupt one. We extend a solution based on algebraic methods introduced recently in the literature that is very suited for numerical implementations, from the basis that diagonalizes the initial hamiltonian to the one that diagonalizes the instantaneous hamiltonian. Our results are in agreement with the adiabatic theorem and the comparison of the descriptions using the different bases together with the proper interpretation of this theorem allows us to clarify a common inaccuracy present in the literature. More importantly, we obtain a simple expression that relates squeezing to the transition rate and the initial and final frequencies, from which we calculate the adiabatic limit of the transition. Analysis of these results reveals a significant difference in squeezing production between enhancing or diminishing the frequency of a HO in a non-sudden way.


2018 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 30
Author(s):  
Surarit Pepore

The application of the integrals of the motion of a quantum system in deriving Green function or propagator is established. The Greenfunction is shown to be the eigenfunction of the integrals of the motion which described initial points of the system trajectory in the phasespace. The explicit expressions for the Green functions of the damped harmonic oscillator, the harmonic oscillator with strongly pulsatingmass, and the harmonic oscillator with mass growing with time are obtained in co-ordinate representations. The connection between theintegrals of the motion method and other method such as Feynman path integral and Schwinger method are also discussed.


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