Diffraction in the semiclassical approximation to Feynman's path integral representation of the Green function

Annals of Physics

Volumn 313, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-71

  Schaden, Martin ^a   Spruch, Larry ^a  

^a POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geometric theory of diffraction; Semiclassical approximation

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344641710     PISSN: 00034916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aop.2004.06.003     Document Type: Article

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