Classical paths for the periodic potential

DOI10.1088/0305-4470/21/10/014MaRDI QIDQ3212036zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors D. A. Nicole, P. J. Walters

Publication date 1988

Published in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1088/0305-4470/21/10/014

zbMATH Keywords

classical path methodperiodic potentialWKB energy

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of global analysis to the sciences (58Z05) Semiclassical techniques, including WKB and Maslov methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81Q20) Path integrals in quantum mechanics (81S40)

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