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Latin American journal of physics education

Wave packet evolution of damped oscillator with a time dependent linear potential

A. N. Ikot, Edet J. Uwah, Louis E. Akpabio, Ita O. Akpan

Published Jan 1, 2010• 0 citations
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Abstract

We discuss the general solution of a time-dependent Schrödinger wave equation (SWE) with time-dependent linear potential within the framework of invariant operators.

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