The JWKB method in central-field problems. Planar radial wave equation and resolution of Kramers' dilemma

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 108, Issue 41, 2004, Pages 8713-8720

  Dahl, Jens P ^a   Schleich, Wolfgang P ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; HARMONIC GENERATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; PHASE SHIFT; PROBLEM SOLVING; VECTORS; WAVE EQUATIONS;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; HARMONIC POTENTIAL; PLANAR RADIAL WAVE EQUATIONS; QUANTUM NUMBER;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 7044231544     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp049616r     Document Type: Article

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