The time-dependent quantum harmonic oscillator revisited: Applications to quantum field theory

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DOI10.1016/J.AOP.2009.03.003zbMATH Open1164.81005arXiv0903.0289OpenAlexW2021059281MaRDI QIDQ1024404FDOQ1024404

Daniel Gómez Vergel, Eduardo J. S. Villaseñor

Publication date: 17 June 2009

Published in: Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this article, we formulate the study of the unitary time evolution of systems consisting of an infinite number of uncoupled time-dependent harmonic oscillators in mathematically rigorous terms. We base this analysis on the theory of a single one-dimensional time-dependent oscillator, for which we first summarize some basic results concerning the unitary implementability of the dynamics. This is done by employing techniques different from those used so far to derive the Feynman propagator. In particular, we calculate the transition amplitudes for the usual harmonic oscillator eigenstates and define suitable semiclassical states for some physically relevant models. We then explore the possible extension of this study to infinite dimensional dynamical systems. Specifically, we construct Schroedinger functional representations in terms of appropriate probability spaces, analyze the unitarity of the time evolution, and probe the existence of semiclassical states for a wide range of physical systems, particularly, the well-known Minkowskian free scalar fields and Gowdy cosmological models.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0903.0289





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