Accuracy of the semiclassical approximation for chaotic scattering

J. H. Jensen
Phys. Rev. E 51, 1576 – Published 1 February 1995
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Abstract

The semiclassical approximation for scattering probabilities is tested for a simple chaotic system consisting of a particle in one dimension scattering from a localized potential that varies periodically in time. Good agreement between semiclassical and exact quantum mechanical results is found even for relatively large de Broglie wavelengths.

  • Received 12 August 1993

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.51.1576

©1995 American Physical Society

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J. H. Jensen

  • Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742

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Vol. 51, Iss. 2 — February 1995

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