Quantum inverted harmonic potential
arXiv:2211.09957 · doi:10.1088/1402-4896/ac1087
Abstract
We consider a non-interacting gas under the inverted harmonic potential and present infinitely degenerate non-stationary orthogonal states. We discuss that it has an infinite entropy at the absolute zero temperature. We show that uncertainty in position of a particle under the inverted harmonic potential can be zero as there exists a solution which asymptotes to a Dirac delta function. We obtain a new free particle wave packet using the eigenstates for the inverted harmonic potential. It has unique self-focusing feature and can be used as focusing beam without a lens in optical systems where paraxial approximation is used.
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