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We provide a time-dependent Dyson map and metric for the two dimensional harmonic oscillator with a non-Hermitian $i xy$ coupling term. This particular time-independent model exhibits spontaneously broken $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetry and becomes…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-01-01 Andreas Fring , Thomas Frith

We extend, to the quantum domain, the results obtained in [Nucl. Phys. B 885 (2014) 150] and [Phys. Lett. B 738 (2014) 405] concerning the Niederer's transformation for the Pais-Uhlenbeck oscillator. Namely, the quantum counterpart (an…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-12-09 K. Andrzejewski

Ostrogradsky's method allows one to construct Hamiltonian formulation for a higher derivative system. An application of this approach to the Pais-Uhlenbeck oscillator yields the Hamiltonian which is unbounded from below. This leads to the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-03-24 Ivan Masterov

In quantum mechanics courses, students often solve the Schr\"odinger equation for the harmonic oscillator with time-independent parameters. However, time-dependent quantum harmonic oscillators are relevant in modeling several problems as,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-12 Stanley S. Coelho , Lucas Queiroz , Danilo T. Alves

A time dependent generalization of the Ginzburg -Landau Lagrangian is proposed. It contains two terms determining the time dependence and the four arbitrary scalar functions. Relevant equations, which coincide with equations following from…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 J. A. Zagrodzinski , T. Nikiciuk

Using a hybrid approach, based on the recursion relations for shape invariant potentials developed by Das and Huang and a time-dependent tranformation of variables, we derive the propagator for a radial oscillator. Although this is not a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-11-13 C. J. Efthimiou

Network interactions between dynamical units are often subject to time delay. We develop a phase reduction method for delay-coupled oscillator networks. The method is based on rewriting the delay-differential equation as an ordinary…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2025-11-03 Christian Bick , Bob W. Rink , Babette A. J. de Wolff

In this article the time evolution operator of two interacting quantum oscillators, whose Hamiltonian is an element of the complex $\left\{ h(1) \oplus h(1) \right\} \uplus u(2)$ algebra, is analyzed using the Feynman time ordering operator…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-07-20 Nibaldo-Edmundo Alvarez-Moraga

We investigate quantum mechanical Hamiltonians with explicit time dependence. We find a class of models in which an analogue of the time independent \S equation exists. Among the models in this class is a new exactly soluble model, the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-22 John Rogers , Donald Spector

We consider the numerical integration of the Gross-Pitaevskii equation with a potential trap given by a time-dependent harmonic potential or a small perturbation thereof. Splitting methods are frequently used with Fourier techniques since…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2011-05-02 Philipp Bader , Sergio Blanes

The validity of optimized dynamical decoupling (DD) is extended to analytically time dependent Hamiltonians. As long as an expansion in time is possible the time dependence of the initial Hamiltonian does not affect the efficiency of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-03-17 Stefano Pasini , Götz S. Uhrig

Two-dimensional systems with time-dependent controls admit a quadratic Hamiltonian modelling near potential minima. Independent, dynamical normal modes facilitate inverse Hamiltonian engineering to control the system dynamics, but some…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-01-04 A. Tobalina , E. Torrontegui , I. Lizuain , M. Palmero , J. G. Muga

Time delay based control, recently proposed for non-collocated fourth-order systems, has several advantages over an observer-based state-feedback compensation of the low-damped oscillations in output. In this paper, we discuss a practical…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-23 Michael Ruderman

Macedo and Guedes showed recently how to solve a system of coupled harmonic oscillators with time dependent parameters [{ J. Math. Phys.} {\bf 53}, 052101 (2012)]. We show here that the way in which they get rid of the time dependent masses…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-10-08 H. M. Moya-Cessa , J. Récamier

In this article, we formulate the study of the unitary time evolution of systems consisting of an infinite number of uncoupled time-dependent harmonic oscillators in mathematically rigorous terms. We base this analysis on the theory of a…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-10-06 Daniel Gómez Vergel , Eduardo J. S. Villaseñor

It is well known that the time dependent harmonic oscillator possesses a conserved quantity, usually called Ermakov-Lewis invariant. I provide a simple physical interpretation of this invariant as well as a whole family of related…

Classical Physics · Physics 2018-04-04 T. Padmanabhan

We have found a new class of time dependent partial waves which are solutions of time dependent Schr\"odinger equation for three dimensional harmonic oscillator. We also showed the decomposition of coherent states of harmonic oscillator…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 R. Arvieu , P. Rozmej , W. Berej

We study a class of time-dependent (TD) non-Hermitian Hamiltonians $H(t)$ that can be transformed into a time-independent pseudo-Hermitian Hamiltonian $\mathcal{H}_{0}^{PH}$ using a suitable TD unitary transformation $F(t)$. The latter can…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-06 F. Kecita , B. Khantoul , A. Bounames

A system of a quantum harmonic oscillator bi-linearly coupled with a Glauber amplifier is analysed considering a time-dependent Hamiltonian model. The Hilbert space of this system may be exactly subdivided into invariant finite dimensional…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-01-29 R. Grimaudo , V. I. Man'ko , M. A. Man'ko , A. Messina

We propose a scheme to deal with certain time-dependent non-Hermitian Hamiltonian operators $H(t)$ that generate a real phase in their time-evolution. This involves the use of invariant operators $I_{PH}(t)$ that are pseudo-Hermitian with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-06-19 Boubakeur Khantoul , A. Bounames , M. Maamache