A report presents a theoretical study of a harmonic oscillator in homogeneous or nonhomogeneous externally applied electric and/or gravitational fields. The standard quantum-mechanical formalism for a simple harmonic oscillator, starting with the Hamiltonian and the associated creation and annihilation operators, is modified to incorporate the additional terms representing the external fields. The correspondingly modified solutions of the Schroedinger equation are derived.

This work was done by Igor Kulikov of Caltech for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. To obtain a copy of the report, “Harmonic Oscillator in External Fields: Theory and Applications,” access the Technical Support Package (TSP) free on-line at www.nasatech.com/tsp  under the Physical Sciences category. NPO-30262



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Quantum Mechanics of Harmonic Oscillator in External Fields

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