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Squeezed States of the Generalized Minimum Uncertainty State for the Caldirola-Kanai Hamiltonian

Quantum Physics 2009-11-10 v1

Abstract

We show that the ground state of the well-known pseudo-stationary states for the Caldirola-Kanai Hamiltonian is a generalized minimum uncertainty state, which has the minimum allowed uncertainty ΔqΔp=σ0/2\Delta q \Delta p = \hbar \sigma_0/2, where σ0(1)\sigma_0 (\geq 1) is a constant depending on the damping factor and natural frequency. The most general symmetric Gaussian states are obtained as the one-parameter squeezed states of the pseudo-stationary ground state. It is further shown that the coherent states of the pseudo-stationary ground state constitute another class of the generalized minimum uncertainty states.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0309003,
  title  = {Squeezed States of the Generalized Minimum Uncertainty State for the Caldirola-Kanai Hamiltonian},
  author = {Sang Pyo Kim},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0309003},
  year   = {2009}
}

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RevTex4, 9 pages, no fingure; to be published in Journal of Physics A