Semiclassical Ehrenfest paths

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETA.2013.04.009zbMATH Open1292.81090OpenAlexW2068114701MaRDI QIDQ2015606FDOQ2015606

Authors Rafael Liberalquino, Fernando Parisio

Publication date 23 June 2014

Published in Physics Letters. A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1304.1361

zbMATH Keywords

Ehrenfest theoremsemiclassical paths

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hamilton's equations (70H05) Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics (81Q05) Semiclassical techniques, including WKB and Maslov methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81Q20) Phase-space methods including Wigner distributions, etc. applied to problems in quantum mechanics (81S30)

Abstract: Trajectories are a central concept in our understanding of classical phenomena and also in rationalizing quantum mechanical effects. In this work we provide a way to determine semiclassical paths, approximations to quantum averages in phase space, directly from classical trajectories. We avoid the need of intermediate steps, like particular solutions to the Schroedinger equation or numerical integration in phase space by considering the system to be initially in a coherent state and by assuming that its early dynamics is governed by the Heller semiclassical approximation. Our result is valid for short propagation times only, but gives non-trivial information on the quantum-classical transition.

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