Quantum mechanical analysis of the equilateral triangle billiard: Periodic orbit theory and wave packet revivals

DOI10.1006/aphy.2002.6276zbMath1005.81028arXivquant-ph/0307063MaRDI QIDQ699091

R. W. Robinett, M. A. Doncheski

Publication date: 1 October 2002

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0307063

zbMATH Keywords

periodic orbit theory; connections between the energy eigenvalue spectrum and the classical closed paths; short-term semi-classical behavior; shorter revival times for zero-momentum

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

81Q20: Semiclassical techniques, including WKB and Maslov methods applied to problems in quantum theory

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