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Quantum and Thermal Properties of the Klein-Gordon Inverted Harmonic Oscillator with Physical Applications

URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2605.28875v2
Date: Fri, 29 May 2026 01:42:24 GMT
Title: Quantum and Thermal Properties of the Klein-Gordon Inverted Harmonic Oscillator with Physical Applications
Abstract summary: We develop a framework for the quantum and thermal properties of a Klein-Gordon scalar field subject to an inverted harmonic potential.<n>Our results unify previously scattered results in the literature and provide new predictions for the finite-temperature spectral density and entanglement entropy of unstable quantum systems.
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Abstract: We develop a systematic framework for the quantum and thermal properties of a Klein-Gordon scalar field subject to an inverted harmonic potential $-{1\over2} m^2ω^2 x^2$. Starting from a non-Hermitian momentum substitution $P \to P - mωx$, we employ a symplectic phase-space rotation $V = \exp\!\left[-\tfracπ{8}(xp+px)\right]$ to map the system onto an analytically tractable effective harmonic oscillator evaluated at $xe^{iπ/4}$. This allows us to define a well-regulated partition function $Z(β,ω,m)$ and derive closed-form expressions for the free energy, entropy, and thermal correlation functions. We then apply this framework to three physical settings: (i) scalar field fluctuations during cosmological inflation, (ii) quantum fields near black-hole horizons, and (iii) order-parameter dynamics near second-order phase transitions in condensed matter. Our results unify previously scattered results in the literature and provide new predictions for the finite-temperature spectral density and entanglement entropy of unstable quantum systems.

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