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International Journal of Modern Physics E

Time-dependent coupled harmonic oscillators: Classical and quantum solutions

I. Ramos-Prieto, J. Récamier, H. M. Moya-Cessa

Published May 1, 2020• 4 citations
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Abstract

Macedo and Guedes have shown how to solve a system of coupled harmonic oscillators with time-dependent parameters [Int. J. Mod. Phys. 23 (2014) 1450048]. We show that the first transformation they did is not correct. We show how to solve the coupled harmonic oscillators for the cases they treat in their paper, namely, [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text].

DOI
10.1142/s0218301320750014

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In this work we present the classical and quantum solutions of time-dependent coupled harmonic oscillators. In these systems the masses, frequencies and coupling parameter (k) are functions of time. Four systems are investigated. To obtain the classical solutions we use a coordinate and momentum transformations along with a canonical transformation to write the original Hamiltonian as the sum of two Hamiltonians of uncoupled harmonic oscillators with modified time-dependent frequencies and unitary masses. We find the analytical expression for position and velocity of each oscillator of the systems. To obtain the exact quantum solutions we use a unitary transformation and the Lewis and Riesenfeld invariant method. The wave functions obtained are written in terms of a c-number quantity () which is solution of the Milne-Pinney equation. For each system we solve the respective Milne-Pinney equation and discuss how the quantum fluctuations and the uncertainty product evolve with time.
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