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Complex trajectories in the quartic oscillator and its semiclassical coherent-state propagator

Journal Article · · Annals of Physics (New York)
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  1. Departamento de Fisica do Estado Solido e Ciencia dos Materiais, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, CP 6165, Campinas (Brazil)
The semiclassical approximation of the coherent-state propagator requires the computation of complex trajectories satisfying special boundary conditions. In this paper we present a method for the determination of such trajectories for one-dimensional polynomial potentials. We also compute the semiclassical propagator for the case {ital V}({ital q})={lambda}{ital q}{sup 2}/2+{beta}{ital q}{sup 4} and compare the results with an {open_quotes}exact{close_quotes} calculation. {copyright} 1996 Academic Press, Inc.
OSTI ID:
450181
Journal Information:
Annals of Physics (New York), Journal Name: Annals of Physics (New York) Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 252; ISSN APNYA6; ISSN 0003-4916
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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