DOUBLE WELL POTENTIAL: PERTURBATION THEORY, TUNNELING, WKB (BEYOND INSTANTONS)

DOI10.1142/S0217751X10048937MaRDI QIDQ3553650zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors A. V. Turbiner

Publication date 21 April 2010

Published in International Journal of Modern Physics A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0907.4485

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of vector bundles and moduli spaces in mathematical physics (twistor theory, instantons, quantum field theory) (14D21) 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)

Abstract: A simple approximate solution for the quantum-mechanical quartic oscillator $V=m^2{x}^2+g{x}^4$ in the double-well regime $m^2<0$ at arbitrary $ggeq0$ is presented. It is based on a combining of perturbation theory near true minima of the potential, semi-classical approximation at large distances and a description of tunneling under the barrier. It provides 9-10 significant digits in energies and gives for wavefunctions the relative deviation in real $x$-space less than $lesssim10^{-3}$.

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