Physical Review A
Squeezed states and uncertainty relations in rotating frames and Penning traps
Shahen Hacyan
Abstract
The quantum harmonic oscillator in a nonuniformly rotating frame is studied. It is shown that squeezed states and particles are generated by inertial effects. The analytic forms of the squeezing and Bogoliubov coefficients are given explicitly in terms of the solutions of the classical equations of motion. The squeezed states have the minumum dispersion allowed by the Robertson uncertainty relations for an arbitrary number of observables (the explicit form of these relations is obtained). The problem of an ``abrupt twist'' is worked out in detail as an example. The formalism can also be applied to the problem of a charged particle in a Penning trap, where it is shown that squeezed states are produced, with a squeezing frequency of the order of the magnetron frequency. In both examples, analytic expressions for the variances of the position and momentum are obtained. \textcopyright{} 1996 The American Physical Society.