Quantum caustics for systems with quadratic Lagrangians

DOI10.1006/APHY.1999.5905MaRDI QIDQ1290465zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Kenichi Horie, Hitoshi Miyazaki, Izumi Tsutsui, Shogo Tanimura

Publication date 11 November 1999

Published in Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9810156

zbMATH Keywords

instantonscausticsquadratic Lagrangianssemiclassical approximations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

Abstract: We study caustics in classical and quantum mechanics for systems with quadratic Lagrangians. We derive a closed form of the transition amplitude on caustics and discuss their physical implications in the Gaussian slit (gedanken-)experiment. Application to the quantum mechanical rotor casts doubt on the validilty of Jevicki's correspondence hypothesis which states that in quantum mechanics, stationary points(instantons) arise as simple poles.

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