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UFN, 2007 Volume 177, Number 12, Pages 1319–1340 (Mi ufn542)

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METHODOLOGICAL NOTES

Feynman disentangling îf noncommuting operators and group representation theory

V. S. Popov

Russian Federation State Scientific Center "Alikhanov Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics"

Abstract: Feynman's method for disentangling noncommuting operators is discussed and applied to nonstationary problems in quantum mechanics, including the excitation of à harmonic oscillator by an external force and/or bó time-varying frequency; spin rotation in à time-varying magnetic field; the disentangling of àn atom (ion) Hamiltonian in à laser field; à model with the hidden symmetry group of the hydrogen atom; and the theory of coherent states. The Feynman operator calculus combined with simple group-theoretical considerations allows disentangling the Hamiltonian and obtaining exact transition probabilities between the initial and final states of à quantum oscillator in analytic form without cumbersome calculations. The case of à D-dimensional oscillator is briefly discussed, in particular, in application to the problem of vacuum pair creation in an intense electric field.

PACS: 02.20.-a, 03.65.Ca, 03.65.Fd

Received: April 25, 2007
Revised: June 27, 2007

DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0177.200712f.1319


 English version:
Physics–Uspekhi, 2007, 50:12, 1217–1238

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