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Unitary transformation for the system of a particle in a linear potential

Quantum Physics 2016-09-08 v2

Abstract

A unitary operator which relates the system of a particle in a linear potential with time-dependent parameters to that of a free particle, has been given. This operator, closely related to the one which is responsible for the existence of coherent states for a harmonic oscillator, is used to find a general wave packet described by an Airy function. The kernel (propagator) and a complete set of Hermite-Gaussian type wave functions are also given.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0211107,
  title  = {Unitary transformation for the system of a particle in a linear potential},
  author = {Dae-Yup Song},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0211107},
  year   = {2016}
}

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