Elementary arguments that the Wu-Austin Hamiltonian has no finite ground state (the search for a microscopic foundation of Frohlichs theory)

Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 301-304

  Bolterauer, H ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Frohlichs theory; Perturbation expansion; Wu Austin Hamiltonian

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; GREEN'S FUNCTION; GROUND STATE; NUMERICAL METHODS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM THEORY;

FINITE GROUND STATE; FROCHLICHS THEORY; FROHLICHS RATE EQUATIONS; PERTURBATION EXPANSION; WU-AUSTIN HAMILTONIAN;

CELLS;

CELL MEMBRANE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; OSCILLATION; THEORY; VIBRATION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; KINETICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 0032958752     PISSN: 03024598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0302-4598(99)00030-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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