Physics – Mathematical Physics
Scientific paper
1999-10-04
Nuovo Cim. B115 (2000) 325-342
Physics
Mathematical Physics
18 pages
Scientific paper
The paper deals with the one-dimensional parabolic potential barrier $V(x)={V_0-m\gamma^2 x^2/2}$, as a model of an unstable system in quantum mechanics. The time-independent Schr\"{o}dinger equation for this model is set up as the eigenvalue problem in Gel'fand triplet and its exact solutions are expressed by generalized eigenfunctions belonging to complex energy eigenvalues ${V_0\mp i\Gammav_n}$ whose imaginary parts are quantized as ${\Gammav_n=(n+1/2)\hslash\gamma}$. Under the assumption that time factors of an unstable system are square integrable, we provide a probabilistic interpretation of them. This assumption leads to the separation of the domain of the time evolution, namely all the time factors belonging to the complex energy eigenvalues ${V_0-i\Gammav_n}$ exist on the future part and all those belonging to the complex energy eigenvalues ${V_0+i\Gammav_n}$ exist on the past part. In this model the physical energy distributions worked out from these time factors are found to be the Breit-Wigner resonance formulas. The half-widths of these physical energy distributions are determined by the imaginary parts of complex energy eigenvalues, and hence they are also quantized.
Kobayashi Tsunehiro
Shimbori Toshiki
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