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We study the asymptotics of the Schr\"odinger equation with time-dependent potential in dimension one. Assuming that the potential decays sufficiently rapidly as $|x| \to \infty$, we prove that the solution can be written as the sum of a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-12-30 Gavin Stewart , Avy Soffer

We introduce analytic solutions for a class of two components bouncing models, where the bounce is triggered by a negative energy density perfect fluid. The equation of state of the two components are constant in time, but otherwise…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 F. Finelli , P. Peter , N. Pinto-Neto

A complete solution to the long standing problem of basing Schroedinger quantum theory on standard stochastic theory is given. The solution covers all "single" particle three-dimensional Schroedinger theory linear or nonlinear and with any…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. G. Gilson

We consider 4-dimensional spacetime manifolds that are piecewise Lorentzian, where the Lorentzian components of the manifold are separated by codimension-one planes (spacelike or timelike) on which the metric is degenerate. Such manifolds…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-06-14 Bob Holdom

A Fourier transformation in a fractional dimensional space of order $\la$ ($0<\la\leq 1$) is defined to solve the Schr\"odinger equation with Riesz fractional derivatives of order $\a$. This new method is applied for a particle in a…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-05-18 Sami I. Muslih

This paper is about the fractional Schr\"odinger equation expressed in terms of the Caputo time-fractional and quantum Riesz-Feller space fractional derivatives for particle moving in a potential field. The cases of free particle (zero…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2020-01-22 Saleh Baqer , Lyubomir Boyadjiev

We consider a 3d cubic focusing nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation with a potential $$i\partial_t u+\Delta u-Vu+|u|^2u=0,$$ where $V$ is a real-valued short-range potential having a small negative part. We find criteria for global…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-03-18 Younghun Hong

In this work we show a class of oscillating configurations for the evolution of the domain walls in Euclidean space. The solutions are obtained analytically. Phase transitions are achieved from the associated fluctuation determinant, by the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-09-03 R. A. C. Correa , P. H. R. S. Moraes , Roldao da Rocha

We identify a new class of UV-complete instanton solutions that describe the false vacuum\- decay of a real scalar field in a particular curved spacetime background. To this end, we consider a simple scalar theory with a Coleman potential…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-07-18 Mulham Hijazi , Apostolos Pilaftsis

In this paper, we study the linear and nonlinear Schr\"odinger equations with a time-decaying harmonic oscillator and inverse-square potential. This model retains a form of scale invariance, and using this property, we demonstrate the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-07-25 Atsuhide Ishida , Masaki Kawamoto

The toy model of a particle on a vertical rotating circle in the presence of uniform gravitational/ magnetic fields is explored in detail. After an analysis of the classical mechanics of the problem we then discuss the quantum mechanics…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Sayan Kar , Avinash Khare

We explore the possibility of avoiding cosmological singularity with a bounce solution in the early Universe. The main finding is that simple and well-known semiclassical correction, which describes the mixing of radiation and gravity in…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-10-07 Wagno Cesar e Silva , Ilya L. Shapiro

Exact bound state solutions and corresponding normalized eigenfunctions of the radial Schr\"odinger equation are studied for the pseudoharmonic and Mie-type potentials by using the Laplace transform approach. The analytical results are…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2012-03-13 Altug Arda , Ramazan Sever

In the standard lore the decay of the false vacuum of a single-field potential is described by a semi-classical Euclidean bounce configuration that can be found using overshoot/undershoot algorithms, and whose action suppresses…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-06-09 J. R. Espinosa , T. Konstandin

We consider the one-dimensional Schr\"odinger equation with a potential satisfying the standard assumptions of the inverse scattering theory and supported on the half-line $x\ge 0$. For this equation at fixed positive energy we give…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-03-10 Roman Novikov

In this paper, we investigate the Schr\"odinger equation for a class of spherically symmetric potentials in a simple and unified manner using the Lie algebraic approach within the framework of quasi-exact solvability. We illustrate that all…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-07-18 Hossein Panahi , Marzieh Baradaran

A procedure is reported for numerical analysis of false vacuum transition in a model with multiple scalar fields. It is a refined version of the approach by Konstandin and Huber. The alteration makes it possible to tackle a class of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-03-18 Jae-hyeon Park

We obtain exact solutions to the class of parabolic partial differential equations of arbitrary dimensionality and with arbitrary potentials. The solutions are presented in a compact-form: as explicit mathematical expressions consisting of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2023-08-29 Ivan Gonoskov

The bounce solutions of self-interacting scalar fields coupled to gravity are studied using a semi-classical approach. We found that bounce solutions have a maximum required barrier curvature, in addition to the known minimum required…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-01-29 Nicholas W. K. Wong , Jiangbin Gong , Yen-Kheng Lim , Qing-hai Wang

We consider semiclassically scaled, weakly nonlinear Schr\"odinger equations with external confining potentials and additional angular-momentum rotation term. This type of model arises in the Gross-Pitaevskii theory of trapped, rotating…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-08-05 Xiaoan Shen , Christof Sparber