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Semi-classical limit of wave functions
Author(s):
A.
Truman;
H.
Z.
Zhao
Journal:
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc.
128
(2000),
1003-1009.
MSC (2000):
Primary 35Q40;
Secondary 81Q20
Posted:
November 23, 1999
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Abstract:
We study in one dimension the semi-classical limit of the exact eigenfunction of the Hamiltonian , for a potential being analytic, bounded below and . The main result of this paper is that, for any given with two turning points, the exact normalized eigenfunction converges to the classical probability density, and the momentum distribution converges to the classical momentum density in the sense of distribution, as and with fixed. In this paper we only consider the harmonic oscillator Hamiltonian. By studying the semi-classical limit of the Wigner's quasi-probability density and using the generating function of the Laguerre polynomials, we give a complete mathematical proof of the Correspondence Principle.
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A.
Truman
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Wales Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP, United Kingdom
Email:
A.Truman@swan.ac.uk
H.
Z.
Zhao
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Wales Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP, United Kingdom
Address at time of publication:
Department of Mathematical Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough LE11 3TU, United Kingdom
Email:
h.zhao@lboro.ac.uk
DOI:
10.1090/S0002-9939-99-05469-6
PII:
S 0002-9939(99)05469-6
Keywords:
Schr\"{o}dinger operator,
semi-classical limit,
weak convergence,
probability density
Received by editor(s):
April 9, 1998
Posted:
November 23, 1999
Additional Notes:
The research is supported by the EPSRC grants GR/L37823 and GR/K70397.
Communicated by:
James Glimm
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2000,
American Mathematical Society
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