Decay versus survival of a localized state subjected to harmonic forcing: exact results

DOI10.1088/0305-4470/35/42/305zbMATH Open1041.81598arXivmath-ph/0608031OpenAlexW2089840268MaRDI QIDQ4450109FDOQ4450109

Joel Lebowitz, O. Costin, Alexander Rokhlenko

Publication date: 15 February 2004

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

Abstract: We investigate the survival probability of a localized 1-d quantum particle subjected to a time dependent potential of the form $rU(x)sinomegat$ with $U(x)=2delta(x-a)$ or $U(x)=2delta(x-a)-2delta(x+a)$. The particle is initially in a bound state produced by the binding potential $-2delta(x)$. We prove that this probability goes to zero as $toinfty$ for almost all values of $r$, $omega$, and $a$. The decay is initially exponential followed by a $t^{-3}$ law if $omega$ is not close to resonances and $r$ is small; otherwise the exponential disappears and Fermi's golden rule fails. For exceptional sets of parameters $r,omega$ and $a$ the survival probability never decays to zero, corresponding to the Floquet operator having a bound state. We show similar behavior even in the absence of a binding potential: permitting a free particle to be trapped by harmonically oscillating delta function potential.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0608031

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Exactly and quasi-solvable systems arising in quantum theory (81U15)

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