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Physical Review A

Solution for an arbitrary number of coupled identical oscillators

F. Michelot

Published Apr 1, 1992• 19 citations
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Abstract

We propose a solution to the problem of solving the Schr\"odinger equation for an arbitrary number of identical one-dimensional harmonically coupled oscillators raised by Fan Hong-yi [Phys. Rev. A 42, 4377 (1990)]. The relationship between the Fock spaces associated with the uncoupled and coupled oscillators is given as well as the coordinate representation of the eigenstates. In view of further applications, the Lie algebraic properties of the model are examined, and the generalization to three spatial dimensions is made.

DOI
10.1103/physreva.45.4271

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We propose a solution to the problem of solving the Schr"odinger equation for an arbitrary number of identical one-dimensional harmonically coupled oscillators raised by Fan Hong-yi [Phys. Rev. A 42, 4377 (1990)]. The relationship between the Fock spaces associated with the uncoupled and coupled oscillators is given as well as the coordinate representation of the eigenstates. In view of further applications, the Lie algebraic properties of the model are examined, and the generalization to three spatial dimensions is made.
In view of a recent paper [F. Michelot, Phys. Rev. A 45, 4271 (1992)] tackling the Hamiltonian of an arbitrary number of harmonically coupled oscillators, we present a coordinate representation of the unitary operator that can diagonalize the Hamiltonian. The normally ordered form of the unitary operator, which manifestly connects two Fock spaces associated with the uncoupled and coupled oscillators, is also derived by virtue of the technique of integration within an ordered product of operators.
We present simple explicit coordinate transformations which serve to decouple the Schrödinger equation for a pair of (not necessarily identical) harmonic oscillators in the presence of bilinear perturbing potentials. We derive general conditions for the decoupling, and give some examples of physical interest. These include the much studied example with just a static perturbation, the parallel problem with a dynamic coupling term, and the classic example of an isotropic two-dimensional oscillator in a transverse magnetic field, first solved by Fock (1928) by separation of variables.
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