Published November 1996
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Journal article
Ground State Wave Function of a Schroedinger-Like Equation in a Time Periodic Potential
Creators
- 1. Institut de Physique Theorique, Universite de Fribourg, CH-1700 (Switzerland)
Description
Using a generalized transfer matrix method we exactly solve a Schroedinger-like equation in a time periodic potential, with discretized Euclidean space-time. The ground state wave function propagates in space and time with an oscillating solitonlike wave packet and the wave front is wedge shaped. In a statistical mechanics framework our solution represents the partition sum of a directed polymer subjected to a potential layer with alternating (attractive and repulsive) pinning centers. copyright 1996 The American Physical Society
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review Letters
- Journal Volume
- 77
- Journal Issue
- 20
- Journal Page Range
- p. 4118-4121.
- ISSN
- 0031-9007
- CODEN
- PRLTAO
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 28015061
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- EUCLIDEAN SPACE; GROUND STATES; PERIODIC SYSTEM; POLYMERS; POTENTIALS; SCHROEDINGER EQUATION; SOLITONS; SPACE-TIME; TRANSFER MATRIX METHOD; WAVE FUNCTIONS; WAVE PACKETS
- Descriptors DEC
- CALCULATION METHODS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ENERGY LEVELS; EQUATIONS; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; QUASI PARTICLES; RIEMANN SPACE; SPACE; WAVE EQUATIONS