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The generalized harmonic potential theorem in the presence of a time-varying magnetic field
We investigate the evolution of the many-body wave function of a quantum system with time-varying effective mass, confined by a harmonic potential with time-varying frequency in the presence of a uniform time-varying magnetic field, and perturbed by a time-dependent uniform electric field. It is fou...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5066324/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27748461 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep35412 |
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author | Lai, Meng-Yun Pan, Xiao-Yin |
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description | We investigate the evolution of the many-body wave function of a quantum system with time-varying effective mass, confined by a harmonic potential with time-varying frequency in the presence of a uniform time-varying magnetic field, and perturbed by a time-dependent uniform electric field. It is found that the wave function is comprised of a phase factor times the solution to the unperturbed time-dependent Schrödinger equation with the latter being translated by a time-dependent value that satisfies the classical driven equation of motion. In other words, we generalize the harmonic potential theorem to the case when the effective mass, harmonic potential, and the external uniform magnetic field with arbitrary orientation are all time-varying. The results reduce to various special cases obtained in the literature, particulary to that of the harmonic potential theorem wave function when the effective mass and frequency are both static and the external magnetic field is absent. |
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spelling | pubmed-50663242016-10-26 The generalized harmonic potential theorem in the presence of a time-varying magnetic field Lai, Meng-Yun Pan, Xiao-Yin Sci Rep Article We investigate the evolution of the many-body wave function of a quantum system with time-varying effective mass, confined by a harmonic potential with time-varying frequency in the presence of a uniform time-varying magnetic field, and perturbed by a time-dependent uniform electric field. It is found that the wave function is comprised of a phase factor times the solution to the unperturbed time-dependent Schrödinger equation with the latter being translated by a time-dependent value that satisfies the classical driven equation of motion. In other words, we generalize the harmonic potential theorem to the case when the effective mass, harmonic potential, and the external uniform magnetic field with arbitrary orientation are all time-varying. The results reduce to various special cases obtained in the literature, particulary to that of the harmonic potential theorem wave function when the effective mass and frequency are both static and the external magnetic field is absent. Nature Publishing Group 2016-10-17 /pmc/articles/PMC5066324/ /pubmed/27748461 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep35412 Text en Copyright © 2016, The Author(s) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
spellingShingle | Article Lai, Meng-Yun Pan, Xiao-Yin The generalized harmonic potential theorem in the presence of a time-varying magnetic field |
title | The generalized harmonic potential theorem in the presence of a time-varying magnetic field |
title_full | The generalized harmonic potential theorem in the presence of a time-varying magnetic field |
title_fullStr | The generalized harmonic potential theorem in the presence of a time-varying magnetic field |
title_full_unstemmed | The generalized harmonic potential theorem in the presence of a time-varying magnetic field |
title_short | The generalized harmonic potential theorem in the presence of a time-varying magnetic field |
title_sort | generalized harmonic potential theorem in the presence of a time-varying magnetic field |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5066324/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27748461 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep35412 |
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