Coherent-State Time Evolution under an Inverted Oscillator Potential
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This Demonstration simulates the time evolution of a coherent state of an inverted oscillator potential, with 
and 
denoting the expectation values of 
and 
, respectively.
Contributed by: J. Marto, P. V. Moniz, and C. Kiefer (March 2011)
Open content licensed under CC BY-NC-SA
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Based on C. Kiefer, J. Marto, and P. V. Moniz, "Indefinite Oscillators and Black-Hole Evaporation," Ann. Phys., 18(10–11), 2009 pp. 722–735.
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