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Exact Solution of a Time-Dependent Quantum Harmonic Oscillator with Two Frequency Jumps via the Lewis-Riesenfeld Dynamical Invariant Method

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ENTROPY
Volume 24, Issue 12, Pages -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/e24121851

Keywords

Lewis-Riesenfeld method; quantum harmonic oscillator; abrupt jumps

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  1. Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq)-Brazil
  2. program PIBIC/CNPq [144456/2020-6]
  3. Fundacao Amazonia de Amparo a Estudos e Pesquisas (Fapespa) - Brazil
  4. program PIBIC/Fapespa
  5. Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior (CAPES)-Brazil [001]

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This article investigates the dynamics of harmonic oscillators with abrupt frequency jumps and presents expressions for energy, excitations, and transition probabilities using the Lewis-Riesenfeld method. The findings demonstrate that even with lower frequency jumps, the average energy of the oscillator remains equal to or greater than before the jumps.
Harmonic oscillators with multiple abrupt jumps in their frequencies have been investigated by several authors during the last decades. We investigate the dynamics of a quantum harmonic oscillator with initial frequency omega 0, which undergoes a sudden jump to a frequency omega 1 and, after a certain time interval, suddenly returns to its initial frequency. Using the Lewis-Riesenfeld method of dynamical invariants, we present expressions for the mean energy value, the mean number of excitations, and the transition probabilities, considering the initial state different from the fundamental. We show that the mean energy of the oscillator, after the jumps, is equal or greater than the one before the jumps, even when omega 1

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