Modern Physics Letters B

On the Quantization Problem of a Driven Harmonic Oscillator with Time Dependent Mass and Frequency

Swapan Mandal

Published Aug 10, 2003• 9 citations

Abstract

The quantization of a driven harmonic oscillator with time dependent mass and frequency (DHTDMF) is considered. We observe that the driven term has no influence on the quantization of the oscillator. It is found that the DHTDMF corresponds the general quadratic Hamiltonian. The present solution is critically compared with existing solutions of DHTDMF.

DOI: 10.1142/s0217984903006049

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