Physical Review A

Time-dependent harmonic oscillator with variable mass under the action of a driving force

M. Sebawe Abdalla

Published Dec 1, 1986• 53 citations

Abstract

An exact solution is presented for the problem of a harmonic oscillator of time-dependent mass with an external driving force. The wave functions for both pseudostationary and quasicoherent states and the Green's function are calculated. A solution is obtained in the Heisenberg picture. The amplitude for transition from a coherent state to a simple harmonic-oscillator coherent state is calculated.

DOI: 10.1103/physreva.34.4598

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