Optimization of the semiclassical initial value representation of the exact quantum-mechanical real time propagator

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 119, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 11058-11063

  Zhang, Shesheng ^a   Pollak, Eli ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; HAMILTONIANS; INITIAL VALUE PROBLEMS; INTEGRODIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PHASE SPACE METHODS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

DOUBLE PHASE SPACE INTEGRATION; HERMAN-KLUK PROPAGATOR; QUANTUM CLASSICAL APPROXIMATION; QUANTUM MECHANICAL REAL TIME PROPAGATOR; SEMICLASSICAL INITIAL VALUE REPRESENTATION;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 0346150045     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1622931     Document Type: Article

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