Construction of exact dynamical invariants in coupled oscillator problems (Q4533696)

This paper is devoted to the study of two-dimensional systems described, respectively, by the Hamiltonians \[ H_1=\frac 12(\alpha_1 p^2_1+ \alpha_2p^2_2) +\frac 12(\beta_1x_1^2+ \beta_2x_2^2)+ \beta_3x_1x_2+ \alpha_3p_1 p_2 \] and \[ H_2={1\over 2m} (p_1^2+p^2_2)+{1\over 2}m\omega^2 (x_1^2+x^2_2)+ f(p_1x_2-p_2x_1) \] in which the coupling terms do not only involve the dependence on the momenta \(p_1\) and \(p_2\) but the parameters \(\alpha_i, \beta_1\), \(i=1,2,3,m, \omega^2\) and \(f\) could also be time-dependent. While the Lie algebraic method [\textit{R. S. Kaushal}, Classical and quantum mechanics of noncentral potentials. Springer, Berlin (1998; Zbl 0997.81507)] is employed for the time-dependent forms of \(H_1\) and \(H_2\), the rationalization method, modified here for the momentum-dependent case, is used for the time-independent versions of \(H_1\) and \(H_2\). The authors also discuss the possible role of the obtained results in different physical situations.