Harmonic states for the free particle

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/44/44/445307zbMATH Open1238.81144arXiv1010.5525OpenAlexW3101242938MaRDI QIDQ3102252FDOQ3102252

Authors: Francisco F. López-Ruiz, Francisco Cossío, Julio Guerrero, Víctor Aldaya 

Publication date: 2 December 2011

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Different families of states, which are solutions of the time-dependent free Schr"odinger equation, are imported from the harmonic oscillator using the Quantum Arnold Transformation introduced in a previous paper. Among them, infinite series of states are given that are normalizable, expand the whole space of solutions, are spatially multi-localized and are eigenstates of a suitably defined number operator. Associated with these states new sets of coherent and squeezed states for the free particle are defined representing traveling, squeezed, multi-localized wave packets. These states are also constructed in higher dimensions, leading to the quantum mechanical version of the Hermite-Gauss and Laguerre-Gauss states of paraxial wave optics. Some applications of these new families of states and procedures to experimentally realize and manipulate them are outlined.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1010.5525

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Time-dependent Schrödinger equations and Dirac equations (35Q41) Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics (81Q05) Coherent states (81R30)

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