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Exact wave functions and uncertainties for a spinless charged particle in a time-dependent Penning trap

, , and . INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY, (2016)
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijms.2016.09.007

Abstract

We use the dynamical invariant method and two unitary transformations to obtain the exact Schrodinger wave functions, psi(nmk), (r, t), for a spinless charged particle in a time-dependent Penning trap. For the special case n = m = k = 0, we obtain the analytical expressions for the uncertainties in terms of two c-number functions satisfying a Milne-Pinney-like equation. We analyze the static and the time dependent cases. For the former, where B (t) = B(0)k and V (t) = V-0, we observe that the Heisenberg and Robertson-Schrodinger uncertainty relations are fulfilled and the behavior of the uncertainties Delta x, y and Delta p(x), p(y), when B-0 changes indicates the occurrence of a squeezing phenomenon. For the later, where B (t) = (B-0(2) + B'cos(2) (vt))(1/2)k andV (t) = V-0 + V'Cos(2) (vt), we observe that Delta x, y oscillate in time exhibiting a squeezing phenomenon. Relations among the uncertainties, Shannon entropies and Fisher lengths were stablished. We observe for both cases that the Shannon entropy in position, S-r, and in momentum, S-p, satisfy the relation S-r + S-p >= 3 (1 + ln pi), while the Fisher lengths delta r and delta p exhibit a lower bound than the uncertainties Delta r, p. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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