Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General

Harmonic oscillator with variable mass

P. G. L. Leach

Published Oct 1, 1983• 63 citations

Abstract

A general treatment of the quantal harmonic oscillator with variable mass is given. Various examples additional to those obtained by Colegrave and Abdalla for which a closed form solution is possible are given.

DOI: 10.1088/0305-4470/16/14/019

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