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arXiv:2204.10780

Anti-PT-symmetric harmonic oscillator and its relation to the inverted harmonic oscillator

Nadjat Amaouche, Ishak Bouguerche, Rahma Zerimeche, Mustapha Maamache

Published Apr 22, 2022• 1 citation
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Abstract

We treat the quantum dynamics of a harmonic oscillator as well as its inverted counterpart in the Schrödinger picture. Generally in the most papers of the literature, the inverted harmonic oscillator is formally obtained from the harmonic oscillator by the replacement of ω to iω, this leads to unbounded eigenvectors. This explicitly demonstrates that there are some unclear points involved in redefining the variables in the harmonic oscillator inversion. To remedy this situation, we introduce a scaling operator (Dyson transformation) by connecting the inverted harmonic oscillator to an anti-PT-symmetric harmonic oscillator, we obtain the standard quasi-Hermiticity relation which would ensure the time invariance of the eigenfunction's norm. We give a complete description for the eigenproblem. We show that the wavefunctions for this system are normalized in the sense of the pseudo-scalar product. A Gaussian wave packet of the inverted oscillator is investigated by using the ladder operators method. This wave packet is found to be associated with the generalized coherent state that can be crucially utilized for investigating the mean values of the space and momentum operators. We find that these mean values reproduce the classical motion.

DOI
10.48550/arxiv.2204.10780

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The dynamical properties of the wave and particle aspects of the harmonic oscillator can be studied with the help of the time-dependent Schroedinger equation (SE). Especially the time-dependence of maximum and width of Gaussian wave packet solutions allow to show the evolution and connections of those two complementary aspects. The investigation of the relations between the equations describing wave and particle aspects leads to an alternative description of the considered systems. This can be achieved by means of a Newtonian equation for a complex variable in connection with a conservation law for a nonclassical angular momentum-type quantity. With the help of this complex variable, it is also possible to develop a Hamiltonian formalism for the wave aspect contained in the SE, which allows to describe the dynamics of the position and momentum uncertainties. In this case the Hamiltonian function is equivalent to the difference between the mean value of the Hamiltonian operator and the classical Hamiltonian function.