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tommy01
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Hi.
I just calculated the quantum mechanical harmonic oscillator with a driving dipole force [tex]V(x,t) = - x S \sin(\omega t + \phi)[/tex]
I used the Floquet-Formalism. Then I calculated the mean expectation value, in a Floquet-State, of the Hamiltonian over a full Period T indirectly by using the Hellmann-Feynman Theorem.
What I've got reads:
[tex]
\overline{H_\alpha} = \hbar \omega_0 \left( \alpha + \frac{1}{2} \right) - \frac{S^2}{4m} \frac{(\omega_0^2 + \omega^2)}{(\omega_0^2-\omega^2)^2}
[/tex]
So the first Term is the Energyeigenvalue of the "stationary" harmonic oscillator and the other term accounts for the perturbation mentioned above, which is always positive and therefore lowers the energy with a singularity at [tex]\omega_0 = \omega[/tex].
Now to my question. Is it physically possible to get a negative energy expectation value around [tex]\omega_0[/tex]?
Thanks and greetings.
I just calculated the quantum mechanical harmonic oscillator with a driving dipole force [tex]V(x,t) = - x S \sin(\omega t + \phi)[/tex]
I used the Floquet-Formalism. Then I calculated the mean expectation value, in a Floquet-State, of the Hamiltonian over a full Period T indirectly by using the Hellmann-Feynman Theorem.
What I've got reads:
[tex]
\overline{H_\alpha} = \hbar \omega_0 \left( \alpha + \frac{1}{2} \right) - \frac{S^2}{4m} \frac{(\omega_0^2 + \omega^2)}{(\omega_0^2-\omega^2)^2}
[/tex]
So the first Term is the Energyeigenvalue of the "stationary" harmonic oscillator and the other term accounts for the perturbation mentioned above, which is always positive and therefore lowers the energy with a singularity at [tex]\omega_0 = \omega[/tex].
Now to my question. Is it physically possible to get a negative energy expectation value around [tex]\omega_0[/tex]?
Thanks and greetings.