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A quantum particle on a circle in a quadratic potential exhibits a spectrum that is not harmonic, despite having all algebraic properties of the quantum harmonic oscillator. This raises the question where the usual algebraic argument --…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-26 Daniel Burgarth , Paolo Facchi

We introduce the one-dimensional PT-symmetric Schrodinger equation, with complex potentials in the form of the canonical superoscillatory and suboscillatory functions known in quantum mechanics and optics. While the suboscillatory-like…

Optics · Physics 2018-11-14 Yaniv Eliezer , Alon Bahabad , Boris A. Malomed

We study an indefinite spectral problem for a second-order self-adjoint elliptic operator in an asymptotically thin cylinder. The operator coefficients and the spectral density function are assumed to be locally periodic in the axial…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-07-01 Srinivasan Aiyappan , Aditi Chattaraj , Irina Pettersson

In this paper, we prove a sharp uniqueness result for the singular Schr\"odinger equation with an inverse square potential. This will be done without assuming geometrical restrictions on the observation region. The proof relies on a recent…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-10-30 S. E. Chorfi

Very singular self-similar solutions of semilinear odd-order PDEs are studied on the basis of a Hermitian-type spectral theory for linear rescaled odd-order operators.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2009-10-27 R. S. Fernandes , V. A. Galaktionov

Conventional weak-coupling Rayleigh-Schr\"odinger perturbation theory suffers from problems that arise from resonant coupling of successive orders in the perturbation series. Multiple-scale analysis, a powerful and sophisticated…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 Carl M. Bender , Luis M. A. Bettencourt

Harmonic oscillator in noncommutative two dimensional lattice are investigated. Using the properties of non-differential calculus and its applications to quantum mechanics, we provide the eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of the corresponding…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-04-11 Dine Ousmane Samary , Sêcloka Lazare Guedezounme , Antonin Danvidé Kanfon

We obtain the eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of the singular harmonic oscillator $V(x)=\alpha/(2x^2)+x^2/2$ by means of the simple and straightforward Frobenius (power-series) method. From the behaviour of the eigenfunctions at origin we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-05-15 Francisco M. Fernández

We study "the Caged Anisotropic Harmonic Oscillator", which is a new example of a superintegrable, or accidentally degenerate Hamiltonian. The potential is that of the harmonic oscillator with rational frequency ratio (l:m:n), but…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2009-11-13 N. W. Evans , P. E. Verrier

In the presence of interactions the frequency of a simple harmonic oscillator deviates from the noninteracting one. Various methods can be used to compute the changes to the frequency perturbatively. Some of them resemble the methods used…

Classical Physics · Physics 2021-09-06 Saman Moghimi-Araghi , Farhang Loran

We study the known coherent states of a quantum harmonic oscillator from the standpoint of the original developed noncommutative integration method for linear partial differential equations. The application of the method is based on the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-11-22 A. I. Breev , A. V. Shapovalov

A generalized harmonic oscillator on noncommutative spaces is considered. Dynamical symmetries and physical equivalence of noncommutative systems with the same energy spectrum are investigated and discussed. General solutions of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 I. Dadic , L. Jonke , S. Meljanac

We propose a q-deformation of the su(2)-invariant Schrodinger equation of a spinless particle in a central potential, which allows us not only to determine a deformed spectrum and the corresponding eigenstates, as in other approaches, but…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2009-10-31 M. Irac-Astaud , C. Quesne

We introduce a notion of spectral singularity that applies for a general class of nonlinear Schreodinger operators involving a confined nonlinearity. The presence of the nonlinearity does not break the parity-reflection symmetry of spectral…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-05-20 Ali Mostafazadeh

We consider the Schr\"odinger partial differential equation of a rotating symmetric rigid molecule (symmetric rotor) driven by a z-linearly polarized electric field, as prototype of degenerate infinite-dimensional bilinear control system.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-02-11 Thomas Chambrion , Eugenio Pozzoli

In a generalized Schr\"odinger picture, we consider the motion of a relativistic particle in an external field (like in the case of a harmonic oscillator). In this picture the analogs of the Schr\"odinger operators of the particle are…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-05-18 Rudolf A. Frick

In this work the Dirac oscillator in $(2+1)$ dimensions is considered. We solve the problem in polar coordinates and discuss the dependence of the energy spectrum on the spin parameter $s$ and angular momentum quantum number $m$. Contrary…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-06 Fabiano M. Andrade , Edilberto O. Silva

We examine a new application of the Holstein-Primakoff realization of the simple harmonic oscillator Hamiltonian. This involves the use of infinite-dimensional representations of the Lie algebra $su(2)$. The representations contain…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 B. Altschul

We re-derive the Schr\"{o}dinger-Robertson uncertainty principle for the position and momentum of a quantum particle. Our derivation does not directly employ commutation relations, but works by reduction to an eigenvalue problem related to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-11-15 A. Mandilara , N. J. Cerf

We prove that a linear d-dimensional Schr{\"o}dinger equation on $\mathbb{R}^d$ with harmonic potential $|x|^2$ and small t-quasiperiodic potential $i\partial\_t u -- \Delta u + |x|^2 u + \epsilon V (t\omega, x)u = 0, x \in \mathbb{R}^d$…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-03-25 Eric Paturel , Benoît Grébert