The harmonic oscillator is a useful model for the interpretation of many physical phenomena. It is used as a first approximation to the vibration of molecules and crystal lattices and for the quantization of electromagnetic fields, among other applications. One can solve the time-independent Schrodinger equation for the harmonic oscillator in many different ways; operator methods give rise to recurrence relations and generating functions for the stationary states. The coordinate representation renders the coordinate operator diagonal. In this particular representation the eigenvectors of the harmonic oscillator are functions of the coordinate that are commonly expressed in terms of Hermite polynomials. The chapter shows that calculation with the eigenfunctions of the harmonic oscillator is remarkably simple in the realm of the Lie algebras. The application of the bosonic algebra in theoretical physics and chemistry is so vast that it is impossible even to give a reasonable summary. An important application of the bosonic algebra is the modeling of simple quantum-mechanical systems.
The time-dependent Schrödinger equation is a cornerstone of quantum physics and governs all phenomena of the microscopic world. However, despite its importance, its origin is still not widely appreciated and properly understood. The quantization of the forced harmonic oscillator is studied with the quantum variable (
x ,
v^) , with the commutation relation [
x ,
v^] =
iℏ/
m , and using a Schrödinger’s like equation on these variable, and associating a linear operator to a constant of motion
K(
x,v,t) of the classical system, The comparison with the quantization in the space (
x,p) is done with the usual Schrödinger’s equation for the Hamiltonian
H(
x,p,t), and with the commutation relation [
x ,
p^] =
iℏ. It is found that for the non-resonant case, both forms of quantization bring about the same result. The difference means that the H-approach case brings about more complex behavior in the quantum dynamics than the K-approach case, and that the H-approach case losses more information than the K-approach case.However, for the resonant case, both forms of quantization are different, and the probability for the system to be in the exited state for the (
x ,
v^) quantization has fewer oscillations than the (
x ,
p^) quantization, the average energy of the system is higher in (
x ,
p^) quantization than on the (
x ,
v^) quantization, and the Boltzmann- Shannon entropy on the (
x ,
p^) quantization is higher than on the (
x ,
v^) quantization. The parameter does not appear to be suitable for experimental measurement because the variation in the average value of the energy is quite modest. Entropy is a nice parameter to investigate experimentally because it differs significantly.
In this chapter, the authors solve the Schrodinger equation for a harmonic oscillator using two methods, analytical method and algebraic method. They discuss the quantum properties of the harmonic oscillator. A harmonic oscillator is a system that exhibits simple harmonic motion or periodic motion, a motion that repeats itself after equal intervals of time. Many systems such as spring, simple pendulum, vibrating string and molecular vibration can be approximated as simple harmonic oscillators. The authors consider a simple harmonic oscillator, a spring whose spring constant is "k" attached to a mass "m" as a simple harmonic oscillator. They describe the Schrodinger equation in spherical coordinates. The authors also solve the three-dimensional Schrodinger equation for the hydrogen atom. For the hydrogen atom, the potential energy function is dependent only on radial distance and is independent of angular variables. The hydrogen atom consists of a positively charged proton surrounded by an electron that orbits around it.
The harmonic oscillator represents as a unique tool in modern physics since it is not only exactly solvable but also relates many phenomena. This paper introduces the relation between Quantum Field Theory and other physical theories and discusses how harmonic oscillator behave in Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Field Theory by the quantization of Klein-Gordon Field. To this end, this paper applies energy-momentum equation given by special relativity to Schrödinger’s Equation to get the Klein-Gordon Field, and then uses canonical method to quantize the field, which is called the second quantization of the field. The comparison is made between the result quantized field, the quantum harmonic oscillator and classical harmonic oscillator. The similarity of two physical systems is demonstrate by the comparison between commutation relations of operators. The similar commutation relations then help people to interpret quantized Klein-Gordon Field as a system that contain a quantized harmonic oscillator in each space coordinate.
We write a computer program that uses the recursion relation to calculate wave function in the harmonic-oscillator potential for specified values of E/hv (with its deviation 0.001) containing only even numbers of v (0,2,4,...). In this work, differential equations are solved by power series methods, i.e. the Schrodinger equation stationary state wavefunction of the harmonic-oscillator. This technique is applied to obtain the wavefunction of the quantum harmonic oscillator and is at a more sophisticated level than elsewhere in the course of quantum physics. For the able student this can be a worthwhile extension to the work on the harmonic-oscillator.
The quantization of the forced harmonic oscillator is studied with the quantum variable (x, v∧), with the commutation relation , and using a Schrödinger’s like equation on these variable, and associating a linear operator to a constant of motion K (x, v, t) of the classical system, The comparison with the quantization in the space (x, p) is done with the usual Schrödinger’s equation for the Hamiltonian H(x, p, t), and with the commutation relation . It is found that for the non-resonant case, both forms of quantization bring about the same result. However, for the resonant case, both forms of quantization are different, and the probability for the system to be in the exited state for the (x, v∧) quantization has fewer oscillations than the (x, p∧) quantization, the average energy of the system is higher in (x, p∧) quantization than on the (x, v∧) quantization, and the Boltzmann-Shannon entropy on the (x, p∧) quantization is higher than on the (x, v∧) quantization.