Unstable closed trajectories, librations and splitting of the lowest eigenvalues in quantum double well problem

Regular and Chaotic Dynamics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 167-180

  Bruning J ^a   Dobrokhotov, S Yu ^b   Semenov, E S ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE FOR PROBLEMS IN MECHANICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Complex phase space; Librations; Normal form; Quantum double well problem; Splitting value; Tunneling effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745553173     PISSN: 15603547     EISSN: 14684845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1070/RD2006v011n02ABEH000343     Document Type: Article

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