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Adiabatic versus instantaneous transitions from a harmonic oscillator to an inverted oscillator

URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2403.06377v2
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2024 10:26:40 GMT
Title: Adiabatic versus instantaneous transitions from a harmonic oscillator to an inverted oscillator
Authors: Viktor V. Dodonov, Alexandre V. Dodonov,
Abstract summary: Mean energy increases when the frequency returns to its initial value, and the increment coefficient is determined by the exponent in the power law of the frequency crossing zero. If the frequency becomes imaginary, the absolute value of mean energy increases exponentially, even in the adiabatic regime. Small corrections to the leading terms of simple adiabatic approximate formulas are crucial in this case, due to the unstable nature of the motion.
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Abstract: We have obtained explicit analytical formulas for the mean energy and its variance (characterizing the energy fluctuations) of a quantum harmonic oscillator with time-dependent frequency in the adiabatic regimes after the frequency passes through zero. The behavior of energy turns out to be quite different in two cases: when the frequency remains real and when it becomes imaginary. In the first case, the mean energy always increases when the frequency returns to its initial value, and the increment coefficient is determined by the exponent in the power law of the frequency crossing zero. On the other hand, if the frequency becomes imaginary, the absolute value of mean energy increases exponentially, even in the adiabatic regime, unless the Hamiltonian becomes time independent. Small corrections to the leading terms of simple adiabatic approximate formulas are crucial in this case, due to the unstable nature of the motion.

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