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    Class of invariants for the 2D time-dependent Landau problem and harmonic oscillator in a magnetic field

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    We consider an isotropic two dimensional harmonic oscillator with arbitrarily time-dependent mass M(t)M(t) and frequency Ω(t)\Omega(t) in an arbitrarily time-dependent magnetic field B(t)B(t). We determine two commuting invariant observables (in the sense of Lewis and Riesenfeld) L,IL,I in terms of some solution of an auxiliary ordinary differential equation and an orthonormal basis of the Hilbert space consisting of joint eigenvectors ϕλ\phi_\lambda of L,IL,I. We then determine time-dependent phases αλ(t)\alpha_\lambda(t) such that the ψλ(t)=eiαλϕλ\psi_\lambda(t)=e^{i\alpha_\lambda}\phi_\lambda are solutions of the time-dependent Schr\"odinger equation and make up an orthonormal basis of the Hilbert space. These results apply, in particular to a two dimensional Landau problem with time-dependent M,BM,B, which is obtained from the above just by setting Ω(t)0\Omega(t) \equiv 0. By a mere redefinition of the parameters, these results can be applied also to the analogous models on the canonical non-commutative plane.Comment: 13 pages, 3 references adde
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