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Dissipation evidence for the quantum damped harmonic oscillator via pseudo-bosons

Mathematical Physics 2015-05-28 v1 math.MP

Abstract

It is known that a self-adjoint, time-independent hamiltonian can be defined for the quantum damped harmonic oscillator. We show here that the two vacua naturally associated to this operator, when expressed in terms of pseudo-bosonic lowering and raising operators, appear to be non square-integrable. This fact is interpreted as the evidence of the dissipation effect of the classical oscillator at a purely quantum level.

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@article{arxiv.1106.4638,
  title  = {Dissipation evidence for the quantum damped harmonic oscillator via pseudo-bosons},
  author = {Fabio Bagarello},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1106.4638},
  year   = {2015}
}

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In press in "Theoretical and Mathematical Physics"