Equivalence between free and harmonically trapped quantum particles

Details Equivalence between free and harmonically trapped quantum particles Equivalence between free and harmonically trapped quantum particles

2010-08-23

arxiv.org/abs/1008.3929v1

Physics

Quantum Physics

3 pages, 2 figures

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It is shown that general solutions of the free-particle Schroedinger equation can be mapped onto solutions of the Schroedinger equation for the harmonic oscillator. This is done in such a way that the time evolution of a free particle subjected to a sudden transition to a harmonic potential can be described by a simple coordinate transformation applied at the transition time. This procedure is computationally more efficient than either state-projection or propagator techniques. A concatenation of the map and its inverse allows us to map from one harmonic oscillator to another with a different spring constant.

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