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Physical Review A

Time-dependent harmonic oscillators

Leon F. Landovitz, Alfred M. Levine, W. M. Schreiber

Published Sep 1, 1979• 46 citations
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Abstract

A formalism for a time-dependent harmonic oscillator is presented. The quantum-mechanical solution is developed and the Green's function is derived. Particular examples of runaway and dissipative behavior are considered.
DOI
10.1103/physreva.20.1162

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