Perturbation Theory for Time-dependent Singular Quantum Systems

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2608.08108v1
• Date: Sat, 08 Aug 2026 12:44:47 GMT
• Title: Perturbation Theory for Time-dependent Singular Quantum Systems
• Abstract summary: We develop a perturbative framework for time-dependent point interactions in quantum systems with purely discrete unperturbed spectrum.<n>In two and three dimensions the point interaction is described through the renormalized resolvent obtained from heat- kernel regularization.<n>Time dependence is introduced either through the interaction parameter or through the motion of the support point.
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• Abstract: We develop a perturbative framework for time-dependent point interactions in quantum systems with purely discrete unperturbed spectrum. In two and three dimensions the point interaction is described through the renormalized resolvent obtained from heat-kernel regularization, while in one dimension the diagonal Green function is finite and no renormalization is required. Time dependence is introduced either through the interaction parameter or through the motion of the support point. In both cases we expand the non-autonomous Hamiltonian in the spectral basis of the corresponding static point-interaction problem and derive the first- and second-order pole shifts, projection corrections, and transition amplitudes. The method is illustrated by explicit examples: point interactions with time-dependent coupling, harmonic oscillators perturbed by moving point interactions, and a particle on a sphere with a moving interaction center. We also discuss the one-dimensional harmonic oscillator with a moving delta potential, showing that in the non-renormalized case the present formulation reduces to the standard time-dependent perturbation theory.

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