Published May 2012 | Version v1
Journal article

Time-dependent coupled harmonic oscillators

  • 1. Departamento de Fisica, Universidade Federal do Ceara, Campus do PICI, Caixa Postal 6030, 60455-760 Fortaleza, CE (Brazil)

Description

In this paper we use a canonical and a unitary transformation along with the Lewis and Riesenfeld invariant method to obtain the quantum states of a general system of two time-dependent statically coupled harmonic oscillators. The wave function obtained is written in terms of a c-number quantity, which is solution of the Milne-Pinney equation. We consider three different systems of time-dependent coupled oscillators, and for each one we solve the respective Milne-Pinney equation and discuss how the uncertainty product evolves with time.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Mathematical Physics
Journal Volume
53
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
p. 052101-052101.10
ISSN
0022-2488
CODEN
JMAPAQ

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
43080611
Subject category
S97: MATHEMATICAL METHODS AND COMPUTING;
Descriptors DEI
EQUATIONS; HARMONIC OSCILLATORS; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; QUANTUM STATES; TIME DEPENDENCE; TRANSFORMATIONS; WAVE FUNCTIONS
Descriptors DEC
FUNCTIONS

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