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Solving the Schrodinger Equation by Reduction to a First-order Differential Operator through a Coherent States Transform

Mathematical Physics 2021-06-04 v3 Analysis of PDEs math.MP Representation Theory Optics Quantum Physics

Abstract

The Legendre transform expresses dynamics of a classical system through first-order Hamiltonian equations. We consider coherent state transforms with a similar effect in quantum mechanics: they reduce certain quantum Hamiltonians to first-order partial differential operators. Therefore, the respective dynamics can be explicitly solved through a flow of points in extensions of the phase space. This generalises the geometric dynamics of a harmonic oscillator in the Fock space. We describe all Hamiltonians which are geometrised (in the above sense) by Gaussian and Airy beams and write down explicit solutions for such systems.

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@article{arxiv.1903.03554,
  title  = {Solving the Schrodinger Equation by Reduction to a First-order Differential Operator through a Coherent States Transform},
  author = {Fadhel Almalki and Vladimir V. Kisil},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1903.03554},
  year   = {2021}
}

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