International Journal of Modern Physics A
SCHRÖDINGER EQUATIONS WITH TIME-DEPENDENT P2 AND X2 TERMS
Michael Martin Nieto, D. Rodney Truax
Abstract
We present some general results for the time-dependent mass Hamiltonian problem with H=-½e-2ν(t)∂xx+h(2)(t)e2ν(t)x2, where ν(t) is a continuous function of t. This Hamiltonian corresponds to a time-dependent mass (TM) Schrödinger equation with the restriction that there are only P2 and X2 terms. We give the specific transformations to a different quadratic Schrödinger (TQ) equation and to a different time-dependent oscillator (TO) equation. For each Schrödinger system, we give the Lie algebra of space–time symmetries and (x,t) representations for number states, coherent states and squeezed states. These general results include earlier works as special cases.