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Classical and quantum coupled oscillators: symplectic structure

Quantum Physics 2009-11-11 v3

Abstract

We consider a set of N linearly coupled harmonic oscillators and show that the diagonalization of this problem can be put in geometrical terms. The matrix techniques developed here allowed for solutions in both the classical and quantum regimes.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0507140,
  title  = {Classical and quantum coupled oscillators: symplectic structure},
  author = {A. R. Bosco de Magalhães and C. H. d'Ávila Fonseca and M. C. Nemes},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0507140},
  year   = {2009}
}

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27 pages, 6 figures