Semiclassical approximation to the partition function of a particle in D dimensions

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 6392-6398

  de Carvalho, C A A ^a   Cavalcanti, R M ^b   Fraga, E S ^c   Joras S E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANHARMONIC OSCILLATORS; CENTRAL POTENTIALS; D DIMENSIONS; FIELD THEORY; PARTITION FUNCTIONS; PATH INTEGRAL; SEMI-CLASSICAL APPROXIMATION; TWO-POINT FUNCTION;

SPECIFIC HEAT; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FUNCTIONS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; QUANTUM THEORY; SPECIFIC HEAT; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

HARMONIC OSCILLATORS; PARTITION FUNCTION; PATH INTEGRAL; SEMICLASSICAL APPROXIMATION; SEMICLASSICAL TWO POINT FUNCTION; SINGLE WELL QUARTIC ANHARMONIC OSCILLATORS;

EID: 0034206987     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.61.6392     Document Type: Article

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