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Some remarks on the time-dependent harmonic oscillator

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We give a unified view of various techniques previously devised in the literature to study the time-dependent harmonic oscillator. By exploiting the Gaussian ansatz, as well as the algebraic approach, we derive a very general formula for both the solution and the propagator. Some specific cases of particular interest are also discussed.

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  1. Istituto di Scienze Fisiche dell’ Università, Milano

    B. Bassetti, E. Montaldi & M. Raciti

  2. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Milano, Italia

    B. Bassetti, E. Montaldi & M. Raciti

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Bassetti, B., Montaldi, E. & Raciti, M. Some remarks on the time-dependent harmonic oscillator. Lett. Nuovo Cimento 33, 469–474 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03028193

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