Physical Review A

Propagator for the time-dependent three-dimensional charged harmonic oscillator in a time-varying magnetic field

Antnio B. Nassar, Ruth T. Berg

Published Sep 1, 1986• 20 citations

Abstract

We evaluate the exact propagator for the time-dependent three-dimensional charged harmonic oscillator in a time-varying magnetic field. We show that such a propagator can be obtained from that for a charged particle in a constant magnetic field.

DOI: 10.1103/physreva.34.2462

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