The longstanding problem of the physical interpretation of the one-dimensional quantum damped oscillator is analysed here from the viewpoint of group theory. It is shown how to transform the system into a quantum oscillator with variable frequency. However, the main features of the final system are rather those of a simple stationary oscillator with 'renormalised' constant frequency. The quantum mechanical system cannot be at all interpreted as a 'dissipative' quantum system as has been claimed by some authors.
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Cerveró et al. (1984) studied this question.
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