SOLITON-LIKE SOLUTIONS OF THE SCHRODINGER-EQUATION FOR SIMPLE HARMONIC-OSCILLATOR

By solving exactly with a simple method the time dependent Schrodinger equation for simple harmonic oscillator, we demonstrate that the probability density associated with any displaced eigenstate has the following properties: (a) Its centroid oscillates according to the classical law. (b) Its wave packet form remains rigid. The same method is also applied to solve exactly the problem of simple harmonic oscillator with the force constant depending on time. In this case, probability densities with the same wave packet structures as that of the usual simple harmonic oscillator can be found to move in such a way that their centroids follow the classical law but their wave packets deform in time. Depending on how the force constant varies with time, the wave packets can spread, contract or pulsate.