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We study the classical and quantum mechanics of a free particle that collides elastically with the walls of a circular disk with the radius varying periodically in time. The quasi-energy spectral properties of the model are obtained from…
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For zero energy, $E=0$, we derive exact, classical and quantum solutions for {\em all} power-law oscillators with potentials $V(r)=-\gamma/r^\nu$, $\gamma>0$ and $-\infty <\nu<\infty$. When the angular momentum is non-zero, these solutions…