Physica Scripta

The time-dependent linear potential in the presence of a minimal length

M. Merad, Mokhtar Falek

Published Dec 22, 2008• 14 citations

Abstract

We propose to study the dynamics of a time-dependent mass system, moving in a time-dependent linear potential, in the momentum space representation and in the presence of a minimal length via two alternative formulations: the Schrodinger equation and the path integral. In both methods, we find the same expression of the wavefunctions.

DOI: 10.1088/0031-8949/79/01/015010

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