Forced quantum inverted oscillator

TL;DR

This paper presents new exact and asymptotic solutions for a driven quantum inverted oscillator, analyzing its dynamics under various forces and in open systems, with applications to wave packet evolution and tunneling phenomena.

Contribution

It introduces novel analytical results for the driven quantum inverted oscillator, including propagators and approximations, and applies these to wave packet evolution, tunneling, and open system dynamics.

Findings

Derived exact propagator for the driven quantum inverted oscillator

Analyzed wave packet evolution under arbitrary time-dependent forces

Described open system dynamics with stochastic diffusion and Brownian motion

Abstract

New exact and asymptotic results for a quantum inverted oscillator, driven by the variable external force, are presented. To illustrate the advantages of our approach, we applied the obtained propagator to the descriptions of evolution the initial Gaussian wave packet under arbitrary time-dependent force or a {\delta}-pulse action. The alternative problem of tunneling a particle through a parabolic barrier under the influence of a low-frequency harmonic force we solve in the quasistatic approximation. Going to the Heisenberg picture in the Caldeira-Leggett model, we describe the influence of a time-dependent force on an open inverted oscillator. The resulting dynamics is presented in the form of combination the evolution of the average value of a coordinate operator and the stochastic diffusion, being induced the wave packet spreading and the Brownian motion.